Investigation of GJB6 large deletions in Iranian patients using quantitative real-time PCR

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 56, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 467-471

  Mahdieh, Nejat ^a   Raeisi, Marzieh ^b   Shirkavand, Atefeh ^b,c   Bagherian, Hamideh ^b   Akbari, Mohammad Taghi ^a   Zeinali, Sirous ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^c RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

GJB6 large deletions; Hearing loss; Iranian population; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GJB6 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CLCN7 GENE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HEARING LOSS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IRAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECESSIVE GENE;

CONNEXINS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, RECESSIVE; HEARING LOSS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; IRAN; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 78149470607     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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