Dominant connexin26 mutants associated with human hearing loss have trans-dominant effects on connexin30

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 226-236

  Yum, Sabrina W ^a   Zhang, Junxian ^a   Scherer, Steven S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cx26; Cx30; Dye transfer, FRAP; Gap junctions; Immunoprecipitation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CALCEIN; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; PHENYLALANINE; SERINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEARING LOSS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTANT; PALMOPLANTAR KERATODERMA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

CONNEXINS; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEARING LOSS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MUTATION;

EID: 77951204908     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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