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A trafficking defective, Brugada syndrome-causing SCN5A mutation rescued by drugs
11 Feb 2004
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BACKGROUND: The human cardiac SCN5A gene encodes for the alpha subunit of the human cardiac voltage-dependent sodium channel hNav1.5 [Neuron 28 (2) (2000) 365] and carries inward Na current (INa). Mutations in SCN5A cause arrhythmia syndromes including Brugada syndrome (BrS) and congenital long QT syndrome subtype 3 (LQT3). Here, we report a trafficking defective BrS-causing SCN5A mutation that was drug-rescued....
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