A novel mutation adjacent to the Bth mouse mutation in the TMC1 gene makes this mouse an excellent model of human deafness at the DFNA36 locus

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 395-398

  Yang, T ^a   Kahrizi, K ^c   Bazazzadeghan, N ^c   Meyer, N ^b   Najmabadi, H ^c   Smith, R J H ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSMEMBRANE CHANNEL LIKE PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IRAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUDIOMETRY; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DEAFNESS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEDIGREE;

EID: 77951713725     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2009.01338.x     Document Type: Letter

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