Identification and expression analysis of kcnh2 genes in the zebrafish

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 396, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 817-824

  Leong, Ivone Un San ^a   Skinner, Jonathan R ^b   Shelling, Andrew N ^c   Love, Donald R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gene targeting; HERG; KCNH2; Zebrafish; Zerg

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN KCNH2; PROTEIN ZERG 2; PROTEIN ZERG 24; PROTEIN ZERG 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 24; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; SYNTENY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 77953478109     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.04.157     Document Type: Article

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