Confirmation of an epilepsy modifier locus on mouse chromosome 11 and candidate gene analysis by RNA-Seq

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 452-460

  Hawkins, N A ^a   Kearney, J A ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Genetic modifier; Mouse models; Seizures; Voltage gated ion channels; Voltage gated sodium channels

Indexed keywords

BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CACNA1G PROTEIN; CACNB1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN MOE1; PROTEIN MOE2; RNA; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.1; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 19; CONGENIC STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA MODIFICATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STRAIN; MALE; MODIFIER GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEIZURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SURVIVAL; SWISS JAMES LAMBERT MOUSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; EPILEPSY; GENES, MODIFIER; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICE; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84862026048     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2012.00790.x     Document Type: Article

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