Gene discovery in the auditory system using a tissue specific approach

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 130 A, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-28

  Morton, Cynthia C ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Harvard Partners Center for Genetics and Genomics   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlea; EST (expressed sequence tag); Hereditary hearing loss

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY SYSTEM; CELL FUNCTION; COCHLEA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA LIBRARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4344645366     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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