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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | SCN1A mutations and epiliepsy |
Author: | Mulley, J. Scheffer, I. Petrou, S. Dibbens, L. Berkovic, S. Harkin, L. |
Citation: | Human Mutation, 2005; 25(6):535-542 |
Publisher: | Wiley-Liss |
Issue Date: | 2005 |
ISSN: | 1059-7794 1098-1004 |
Statement of Responsibility: | John C. Mulley, Ingrid E. Scheffer, Steven Petrou, Leanne M. Dibbens, Samuel F. Berkovic, and Louise A. Harkin |
Abstract: | SCN1A is part of the SCN1A-SCN2A-SCN3A gene cluster on chromosome 2q24 that encodes for alpha pore forming subunits of sodium channels. The 26 exons of SCN1A are spread over 100 kb of genomic DNA. Genetic defects in the coding sequence lead to generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+) and a range of childhood epileptic encephalopathies of varied severity (e.g., SMEI). All published mutations are collated. More than 100 novel mutations are spread throughout the gene with the more debilitating usually de novo. Some clustering of mutations is observed in the C-terminus and the loops between segments 5 and 6 of the first three domains of the protein. Functional studies so far show no consistent relationship between changes to channel properties and clinical phenotype. Of all the known epilepsy genes SCN1A is currently the most clinically relevant, with the largest number of epilepsy related mutations so far characterized. |
Keywords: | Humans Epilepsy Sodium Channels Nerve Tissue Proteins Alternative Splicing Mutation Molecular Sequence Data NAV1.1 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel |
Description: | Copyright © 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc. |
Provenance: | Published Online: 6 May 2005 |
DOI: | 10.1002/humu.20178 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/humu.20178 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Molecular and Biomedical Science publications |
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