Digenic inheritance of non-syndromic deafness caused by mutations at the gap junction proteins Cx26 and Cx31

Human Genetics

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-62

  Liu, Xue Zhong ^a   Yuan, Yongyi ^b   Yan, Denise ^a   Ding, Emilie Hong ^c   Ouyang, Xiao Mei ^a   Fei, Yu ^b   Tang, Wenxue ^c   Yuan, Huijun ^b   Chang, Qing ^c   Du, Li Lin ^a   Zhang, Xin ^b   Wang, Guojian ^b   Ahmad, Shoeb ^c   Kang, Dong Yang ^b   Lin, Xi ^c   Dai, Pu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCHLEAR MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 31; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CHINESE; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; COCHLEA; CONNEXINS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING;

EID: 58849089531     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-008-0602-9     Document Type: Article

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