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Trafficking-competent and trafficking-defective KCNJ2 mutations in Andersen syndrome.
Human mutation - 1 Apr 2006
Ballester Leomar Y, Benson D Woodrow, Wong Brenda, Law Ian H, Mathews Katherine D, Vanoye Carlos G, George Alfred L
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in KCNJ2, the gene encoding the human inward rectifier potassium channel Kir2.1, have been identified in Andersen syndrome (or Andersen-Tawil syndrome), an inherited disorder characterized by periodic paralysis, cardiac arrhythmias, and dysmorphic features. We identified and characterized two novel KCNJ2 mutations (c.220A>G/p.T74A and c.443G>C/p.G144A) associated with Andersen syndrome. Heterologous...
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