Connexin 26: Required for normal auditory function

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 184-188

  Kelley, Philip M ^a   Cohn, Edward ^a   Kimberling, William J ^a  

^a BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin 26; Deafness; Hearing loss; Mutation

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

DELETION MUTANT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN DISEASE;

EID: 0034108847     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(99)00080-6     Document Type: Review

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