Connexin 26 35delG does not represent a mutational hotspot

Human Genetics

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-23

  Rothrock, Caryn R ^a   Murgia, Alessandra ^c   Sartorato, Edi L ^d   Leonardi, Emanuela ^c   Wei, Sainan ^a   Lebeis, Sarah L ^a   Yu, Laura E ^a   Elfenbein, Jill L ^a   Fisher, Rachel A ^b   Friderici, Karen H ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GUANINE; DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ALLELE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HEARING LOSS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MUTATION;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONNEXINS; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HEARING LOSS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 0038270170     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-003-0944-2     Document Type: Article

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