Molecular cloning and domain structure of human myosin-VIIa, the gene product defective in Usher syndrome 1B

Genomics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 440-448

  Chen, Zheng Yi ^a   Hasson, Tama ^b   Kelley, Philip M ^c   Schwender, Brian J ^a   Schwartz, Marc F ^b   Ramakrishnan, Meena ^b   Kimberling, William J ^c   Mooseker, Mark S ^b   Corey, David P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN;

ARTICLE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA DEGENERATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; USHER SYNDROME; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

EID: 0030587490     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.0489     Document Type: Article

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