Szt2, a novel gene for seizure threshold in mice

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 568-576

  Frankel, W N ^a   Yang, Y ^a   Mahaffey, C L ^a   Beyer, B J ^a   O'Brien, T P ^b  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Feedback; Mice; Mutagenesis; Mutation; Seizure threshold

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN SZT2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; CHROMOSOME 4; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOTE; MALE; MED8 GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RIBOSOMAL FRAMESHIFTING; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; STEADY STATE; SZT2 GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67650475144     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2009.00509.x     Document Type: Article

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