A missense mutation in a highly conserved alternate exon of dynamin-1 causes epilepsy in fitful mice.
Dynamin-1 (Dnm1) encodes a large multimeric GTPase necessary for activity-dependent membrane recycling in neurons, including synaptic vesicle endocytosis. Mice heterozygous for a novel spontaneous Dnm1 mutation--fitful--experience recurrent seizures, and homozygotes have more debilitating, often let...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-08-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2916854?pdf=render |