Nav1.7
sodium channel, voltage-gated, type IX, alpha | |
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Identifiers | |
Symbol | SCN9A |
Alt. symbols | Nav1.7 |
Entrez | 6335 |
HUGO | 10597 |
OMIM | 603415 |
RefSeq | NM_002977 |
UniProt | Q15858 |
Other data | |
Locus | Chr. 2 q24 |
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]
References
- ↑ http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v444/n7121/abs/nature05413.html PMID 17167479 (pending)