Genetic analyses of the mouse deafness mutations Varitint-Waddler (Va) and Jerker (Espnje)

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-90

  Kim, Hung J ^a,b   Jackson, Torrance ^a   Noben Trauth, Konrad ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cdh23; Deafness; Espin; Jerker; Modifying alleles; Varitint waddler

Indexed keywords

JERKER PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARITINT WADDLER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; INHERITANCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SOUND PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; DEAFNESS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HAIR COLOR; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS;

EID: 0037345634     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-002-3011-0     Document Type: Article

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