Allelic mutations of the sodium channel SCN8A reveal multiple cellular and physiological functions

Genetica

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-45

  Meisler, Miriam H ^a   Plummer, Nicholas W ^a   Burgess, Daniel L ^b   Buchner, David A ^b   Sprunger, Leslie K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

allelic series; hypomorphs; med; missense mutations

Indexed keywords

NERVE PROTEIN; SCN8A PROTEIN, MOUSE; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETICS; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PURKINJE CELL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PURKINJE CELLS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

ATAXIA;

EID: 7744242300     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-004-1441-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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