Deletion and nonsense mutations of the connexin 32 gene associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 239-244

  Lin, Changqing ^a   Numakura, Chikahiko ^a   Ikegami, Tohru ^a   Shizuka, Masami ^b   Shoji, Mikio ^b   Nicholson, Garth ^c   Hayasaka, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; CONNEXINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0033155367     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.188.239     Document Type: Article

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