GJB2 and hearing impairment: Promoter defects do not explain the excess of monoallelic mutations

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 607-608

  Pollak, A ^a   Mueller Malesinska M ^a   Skorka A ^b   Kostrzewa, G ^b   Oldak M ^b   Korniszewski, L ^a   Skarzynski H ^a   Ploski, R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY OF HEARING   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN GJB2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; LETTER; PATHOGENESIS; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ALLELES; CONNEXINS; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 51849123641     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2008.059873     Document Type: Letter

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