Study of six mutations in the gjb2 gene in Cuban patients with nonsyndromic sensorineural deafness;Estudio de seis mutaciones en el gen gjb2 en pacientes cubanos con sorderas neurosensoriales no sindrómicas

Biotecnologia Aplicada

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 236-245

  Perea, Yenitse ^a   Mato, Jorge ^b   Amores, Isis ^b   Ferreira, Raúl ^b  

^a CIE   (Cuba)

^b HOSPITAL CLINICOQUIRÚRGICO HERMANOS AMEIJEIRAS   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Connexin 26; gjb2; Heteroduplex; Mutation; PCR RFLP

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION BETA 2 PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATION RATE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 49149083047     PISSN: 08644551     EISSN: 10272852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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