A novel interaction between FRMD7 and CASK: Evidence for a causal role in idiopathic infantile nystagmus

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2105-2118

  Watkins, Rachel J ^a   Patil, Rajashree ^a   Goult, Benjamin T ^a   Thomas, Mervyn G ^a   Gottlob, Irene ^a   Shackleton, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASK PROTEIN; FRMD7 PROTEIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC INFANTILE NYSTAGMUS; MISSENSE MUTATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NYSTAGMUS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; X LINKED MENTAL RETARDATION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GUANYLATE KINASE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MENTAL RETARDATION, X-LINKED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NEURITES; NYSTAGMUS, CONGENITAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84877041637     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt060     Document Type: Article

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