Myosin VIIA gene: Heterogeneity of the mutations responsible for Usher syndrome type IB

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-116

  Lévy, Gallia ^a   Levi Acobas, Fabienne ^a   Blanchard, Stéphane ^a   Gerber, Sylvie ^b   Larget Piet, Dominique ^b   Chenal, Viviane ^a   Liu, Xue Zhong ^c   Newton, Valerie ^d   Steel, Karen P ^e   Brown, Steve D M ^c   Munnich, Arnold ^b   Kaplan, Josseline ^b   Petit, Christine ^a   Weil, Dominique ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; EXON; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; USHER SYNDROME; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DYNEIN ATPASE; GENES; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; MYOSINS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SYNDROME; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0346210139     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.1.111     Document Type: Article

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