Mutations in the KCNQ4 gene are responsible for autosomal dominant deafness in four DFNA2 families

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1321-1328

  Coucke, Paul J ^c   Van Hauwe, Peter ^c   Kelley, Philip M ^a   Kunst, Henricus ^b   Schatteman, Isabelle ^c   Van Velzen, Désirée ^c   Meyers, Johan ^c   Ensink, Robbert J ^b   Verstreken, Margriet ^c   Declau, Frank ^c   Marres, Henri ^b   Kastury, Kumar ^e   Bhasin, Shalender ^e   McGuirt, Wyman T ^d   Smith, Richard J H ^d   Cremers, Cor W R J ^b   Van De Heyning, Paul ^c   Willems, Patrick J ^c   Smith, Shelley D ^a   Van Camp, Guy ^c  

^a BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^e CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME 1P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; DEAFNESS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; KCNQ POTASSIUM CHANNELS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032810047     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/8.7.1321     Document Type: Article

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