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KCNC3: phenotype, mutations, channel biophysics-a study of 260 familial ataxia patients.
Human mutation - 1 Feb 2010
Figueroa Karla P, Minassian Natali A, Stevanin Giovanni, Waters Michael, Garibyan Vartan, Forlani Sylvie, Strzelczyk Adam, Bürk Katrin, Brice Alexis, Dürr Alexandra, Papazian Diane M, Pulst Stefan M
Abstract excerpt
We recently identified KCNC3, encoding the Kv3.3 voltage-gated potassium channel, as the gene mutated in SCA13. One g.10684G>A (p.Arg420His) mutation caused late-onset ataxia resulting in a nonfunctional channel subunit with dominant-negative properties. A French early-onset pedigree with mild me...
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