A Drosophila mutant of LETM1, a candidate gene for seizures in Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 987-1000

  McQuibban, Angus G ^a   Joza, Nicholas ^b   Megighian, Aram ^c   Scorzeto, Michele ^c   Zanini, Damiano ^c   Reipert, Siegfried ^d   Richter, Constance ^b   Schweyen, Rudolf J ^d   Nowikovsky, Karin ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE ZIPPER EF HAND CONTAINING TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POTASSIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; INSECT CELL CULTURE; LETHALITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEIZURE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; WOLF HIRSCHHORN SYNDROME; YEAST;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 77950650727     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp563     Document Type: Article

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