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Targeted mutation of mouse skeletal muscle sodium channel produces myotonia and potassium-sensitive weakness.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Apr 2008
Hayward Lawrence J, Kim Joanna S, Lee Ming-Yang, Zhou Hongru, Kim Ji W, Misra Kumudini, Salajegheh Mohammad, Wu Fen-fen, Matsuda Chie, Reid Valerie, Cros Didier, Hoffman Eric P, Renaud Jean-Marc, Cannon Stephen C, Brown Robert H
Abstract excerpt
Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (HyperKPP) produces myotonia and attacks of muscle weakness triggered by rest after exercise or by K+ ingestion. We introduced a missense substitution corresponding to a human familial HyperKPP mutation (Met1592Val) into the mouse gene encoding the skeletal muscle...
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