Floxed allele for conditional inactivation of the voltage-gated sodium channel Scn8a (Nav1.6)

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 234-239

  Levin, Stephen I ^a   Meisler, Miriam H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional allele; Cre IoxP; Nav1.6; Scn8a

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; GENOMIC DNA; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; DYSTONIA; EXON; GENE; GENE SCN8A; MOUSE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREMOR; WESTERN BLOTTING;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 4444255505     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.20050     Document Type: Article

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