Mutation in the zonadhesin-like domain of α-tectorin associated with autosomal dominant non-syndromic hearing loss

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 255-258

  Alloisio, Nicole ^a   Morlé, Laurette ^a   Bozon, Muriel ^a   Godet, Jacqueline ^a   Verhoeven, Kristien ^b   Van Camp, Guy ^b   Plauchu, Henri ^c   Muller, Philippe ^d   Collet, Lionel ^e   Lina Granade, Geneviève ^e  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

^e EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cochlea; Ear; Hearing impairment; Hereditary deafness; Linkage analysis; Tectorial membrane; Tectorin; Vicinal cysteines

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA DUCT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

EID: 0032988989     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200273     Document Type: Article

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