Connexin mutations in hearing loss, dermatological and neurological disorders

Trends in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 205-212

  Rabionet, Raquel ^a   López Bigas, Núria ^a   Arbonès, Maria Lourdes ^a   Estivill, Xavier ^a,b  

^a Institut de Recerca Oncologica   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

CASPASE 1; CONNEXINS; DEAFNESS; EAR, INNER; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENES, DOMINANT; GENOTYPE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHENOTYPE; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0036247733     PISSN: 14714914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4914(02)02327-4     Document Type: Review

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