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Dynamin 1 isoform roles in a mouse model of severe childhood epileptic encephalopathy.
Neurobiology of disease - 1 Nov 2016
Asinof Samuel, Mahaffey Connie, Beyer Barbara, Frankel Wayne N, Boumil Rebecca
Abstract excerpt
Dynamin 1 is a large neuron-specific GTPase involved in the endocytosis and recycling of pre-synaptic membranes and synaptic vesicles. Mutations in the gene encoding dynamin 1 (DNM1) underlie two epileptic encephalopathy syndromes, Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome and Infantile Spasms. Mice homozygous for the Dnm1 "fitful" mutation, a non-synonymous coding variant in an alternatively spliced exon of Dnm1 (exon 10a;...
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