Usher syndrome IIIA gene clarin-1 is essential for hair cell function and associated neural activation

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2748-2760

  Geng, Ruishuang ^a   Geller, Scott F ^c   Hayashi, Toshinori ^d   Ray, Catherine A ^d   Reh, Thomas A ^d   Bermingham McDonogh, Olivia ^d   Jones, Sherri M ^e   Wright, Charles G ^f   Melki, Sami ^a   Imanishi, Yoshikazu ^b   Palczewski, Krzysztof ^b   Alagramam, Kumar N ^a   Flannery, John G ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARIN 1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HAIR CELL; HEARING LOSS; LATENT PERIOD; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; USHER SYNDROME; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; USHER SYNDROMES;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 67650757671     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp210     Document Type: Article

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