A profile of alternative RNA splicing and transcript variation of CACNA1H, a human T-channel gene candidate for idiopathic generalized epilepsies

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1497-1512

  Zhong, Xiaoli ^a   Liu, Jinrong R ^b   Kyle, John W ^b   Hanck, Dorothy A ^b   Agnew, William S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHANNEL GATING; ENHANCER REGION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; RNA SPLICING; STEADY STATE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM CHANNELS, T-TYPE; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33646159973     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddl068     Document Type: Article

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