A double mutation in families with periodic paralysis defines new aspects of sodium channel slow inactivation
Bendahhou S, Cummins T, Hahn A, Langlois S, Waxman S, Ptácek L. A double mutation in families with periodic paralysis defines new aspects of sodium channel slow inactivation. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2000, 106: 431-438. PMID: 10930446, PMCID: PMC314328, DOI: 10.1172/jci9654.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChannel slow inactivationPeriodic paralysisSlow inactivationSodium channel slow inactivationMalignant hyperthermia susceptibilitySkeletal muscle disordersHuman skeletal muscleParalytic attacksMuscle disordersHyperkalemic periodic paralysisSkeletal muscleParalysisDisease-causing mutationsNovel mutationsHyperKPPChannel defectsMolecular determinantsAlpha subunitMutant channelsMutationsDouble mutationInactivationPatientsTransmembrane segments S5