Mutations of EFHC1, linked to juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, disrupt radial and tangential migrations during brain development

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 5106-5117

  De nijs, Laurence ^a   Wolkoff, Nathalie ^a   Coumans, Bernard ^a   Delgado Escueta, Antonio V ^b   Grisar, Thierry ^a   Lakaye, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; MYOCLONIN 1; PROTEIN EFHC1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL CYCLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EFHC1 GENE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GLIA; HETEROZYGOUS MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MORPHOLOGY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MICE; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MUTATION; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RATS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84869031560     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds356     Document Type: Article

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