Multiple splicing defects caused by hERG splice site mutation 2592+1G>A associated with long QT syndrome

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Stump, Matthew R ^a   Gong, Qiuming ^a   Zhou, Zhengfeng ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ion channels; Protein trafficking; RNA splicing

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LONG QT SYNDROME; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LONG QT SYNDROME; MUTATION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 78651278935     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00818.2010     Document Type: Article

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