Connexin-26 mutations in deafness and skin disease

Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Lee, Jack R ^a   White, Thomas W ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CHANNEL GATING; GENETICS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; ICHTHYOSIS; INNER EAR DISEASE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PALMOPLANTAR KERATODERMA; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN DISEASE; SYNDROME;

CONNEXINS; DEAFNESS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; ICHTHYOSIS; ION CHANNEL GATING; KERATODERMA, PALMOPLANTAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; RETROCOCHLEAR DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES; SYNDROME;

EID: 77951636202     PISSN: 14623994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1462399409001276     Document Type: Review

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