Finding new genes for Non-Syndromic hearing loss through an in silico prioritization study

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Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Accetturo, Matteo ^a   Creanza, Teresa M ^a   Santoro, Claudia ^a   Tria, Giancarlo ^a   Giordano, Antonio ^a   Battagliero, Simone ^a   Vaccina, Antonella ^a   Scioscia, Gaetano ^a   Leo, Pietro ^a  

^a IBM   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTG1 GENE; ARTICLE; ATP2B2 GENE; CCDC50 GENE; CDH23 GENE; CLDN14 GENE; COCH GENE; COCHLEA; COL11A2 GENE; COMPUTER MODEL; CRYM GENE; DFNA5 GENE; DIAPH1 GENE; ESPN GENE; ESRRB GENE; EYA4 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GJB2 GENE; GJB3 GENE; GJB6 GENE; GRHL2 GENE; HEARING LOSS; HGF GENE; HUMAN; INNER EAR; KCNJ10 GENE; KCNQ4 GENE; KIAA1199 GENE; LHFPL5 GENE; LRTOMT GENE; MARVELD2 GENE; MIRN96 GENE; MYH14 GENE; MYH9 GENE; MYO15A GENE; MYO1A GENE; MYO3A GENE; MYO6 GENE; MYO7A GENE; NON SYNDROMIC HEARING LOSS; OTOA GENE; OTOF GENE; PATHOGENESIS; PCDH15 GENE; PHENOTYPE; PJVK GENE; POU3F4 GENE; POU4F3 GENE; PRPS1 GENE; RDX GENE; SCORING SYSTEM; SLC26A4 GENE; SLC26A5 GENE; STRC GENE; TECTA GENE; TMC1 GENE; TMIE GENE; TMPRSS3 GENE; TRIOBP GENE; USH1C GENE; WFS1 GENE; WHRN GENE;

GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; PROTEINS;

EID: 77958545304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012742     Document Type: Article

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