Mutation in gap and tight junctions in patients with non-syndromic hearing loss

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 385, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-5

  Belguith, Hanen ^a   Tlili, Abedelaziz ^a   Dhouib, Houria ^b   Rebeh, Imen Ben ^a   Lahmar, Imed ^c   Charfeddine, Ilhem ^b   Driss, Nabil ^c   Ghorbel, Abdelmonem ^b   Ayadi, Hammadi ^a   Masmoudi, Saber ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c CHU de Mahdia   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Coincidental carrier; Consanguineous population; Deletion; Gap junction; Genetic diagnosis; Hearing impairment; Heterozygous state; Mutation; Polymorphism; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 31;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CLDN14 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GAP JUNCTION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HEARING LOSS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIGHT JUNCTION;

CONNEXINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENES, RECESSIVE; HEARING LOSS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; TUNISIA;

EID: 66149093093     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.02.125     Document Type: Article

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