Four USH2A founder mutations underlie the majority of Usher syndrome type 2 cases among non-Ashkenazi Jews

Genetic Testing

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 289-294

  Auslender, Noa ^a   Bandah, Dikla ^b   Rizel, Leah ^a   Behar, Doron M ^c   Shohat, Mordechai ^d   Banin, Eyal ^b   Allon Shalev, Stavit ^e   Sharony, Reuven ^f   Sharon, Dror ^b   Ben Yosef, Tamar ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Molecular Medicine Laboratory   (Israel)

^d Rabin and Schneider Medical Centers   (Israel)

^e HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FAMILY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; JEW; MUTANT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; USH2A GENE; USHER SYNDROME; USHER SYNDROME TYPE 2;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DOGS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FOUNDER EFFECT; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; JEWS; MICE; MIDDLE EAST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; RATS; USHER SYNDROMES;

EID: 45549107998     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gte.2007.0107     Document Type: Article

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