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Nav1.7

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The correct title of this article is NaV1.7. It features superscript or subscript characters that are substituted or omitted because of technical limitations.
sodium channel, voltage-gated, type IX, alpha
Symbol(s): SCN9A Nav1.7
Locus: 2 q24
EC number [1]
EntrezGene 6335
OMIM 603415
RefSeq NM_002977
UniProt Q15858

The Nav1.7 sodium ion channel protein is encoded by gene SCN9A. Recent studies have associated a defect in SCN9A with congenital insensitivity to pain.[1]

[edit] References

  1. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v444/n7121/abs/nature05413.html PMID 17167479 (pending)
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