ALEXA FLUOR 555 Rabbit anti-Rat KCNQ2 Polyclonal Antibody, ALEXA FLUOR 555 Conjugated [IgG]

BFNC; BFNS1; EBN 1; EBN; EBN1; EIEE7; ENB 1; ENB1; HNSPC; KCNA 11; KCNA11; KCNQ 2; Kcnq2; KCNQ2_HUMAN; KQT like 2; KQT-like 2; KV7.2; KVEBN 1; KVEBN1; KvLQT 2; KvLQT2; Neuroblastoma specic potassium channel alpha subunit KvLQT2; Neuroblastoma specic potassium channel protein; Neuroblastoma specic potassium channel subunit alpha; Neuroblastoma specic potassium channel subunit alpha KvLQT2; Neuroblastoma-specic potassium channel subunit alpha KvLQT2; Potassium voltage gated channel KQT like protein 2; Potassium voltage gated channel KQT like subfamily member 2; Potassium voltage gated channel subfamily KQT member 2; Potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily KQT member 2; Voltage gated potassium channel subunit Kv7.2; Voltage-gated potassium channel subunit Kv7.2.

Epilepsy affects about 0.5% of the world_s population and has a large genetic component. Epilepsy results from an electrical hyperexcitability in the central nervous system. Potassium channels are important regulators of electrical signaling, determining the firing properties and responsiveness of a variety of neurons. Benign familial neonatal convulsions (BFNC), an autosomal dominant epilepsy of infancy, has been shown to be caused by mutations in the KCNQ2 or the KCNQ3 potassium channel genes. KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 are voltage-gated potassium channel proteins with six putative transmembrane domains. Both proteins display a broad distribution within the brain, with expression patterns that largely overlap.