Abstract:
:The idiopathic generalized epilepsies (IGE), for which a genetic cause is widely accepted, account for 20-30% of all epilepsies. Mapping these epilepsies is difficult, but progress in the positional cloning of idiopathic epilepsy genes responsible for monogenic forms provide emerging evidence that many idiopathic epilepsies are caused by mutations in genes coding for ion channels. Here, we show the characterization of a balanced translocation present in three members of a nuclear family, two of them affected with IGE. The translocation involved chromosome 6p21 [t(4;6) (q35;p21)], a region in which a susceptibility locus for IGE (EJM1) has been reported. Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis with YACs and PACs resulted in the identification of a PAC clone that included the 6p21 translocation breakpoint. The genomic sequence of this PAC clone contains two 2-pore potassium channel genes, TALK-1 and TALK-2. We characterized the genomic organization of both genes, including three different isoforms of TALK-1, and investigated them in IGE patients, finding some polymorphisms in the coding sequence of TALK-1A.
journal_name
Epilepsy Resjournal_title
Epilepsy researchauthors
Sáez-Hernández L,Peral B,Sanz R,Gómez-Garre P,Ramos C,Ayuso C,Serratosa JMdoi
10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2003.09.002subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2003-10-01 00:00:00pages
155-63issue
2-3eissn
0920-1211issn
1872-6844pii
S0920121103001566journal_volume
56pub_type
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2013-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2009-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2003-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2004.06.010
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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