Human connexin 30 (GJB6), a candidate gene for nonsyndromic hearing loss: Molecular cloning, tissue-specific expression, and assignment to chromosome 13q12

Genomics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 172-176

  Kelley, Philip M ^a   Abe, Satoko ^b   Askew, James W ^a   Smith, Shelley D ^a   Usami, Shin Ichi ^b   Kimberling, William J ^a  

^a BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME 13Q; GAP JUNCTION; GENE ASSIGNMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033393433     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1999.6002     Document Type: Article

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