Functional evaluation of GJB2 variants in nonsyndromic hearing loss

Molecular Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 550-556

  Choi, Soo Young ^a   Lee, Kyu Yup ^b   Kim, Hyun Jin ^a   Kim, Hyo Kyeong ^a   Chang, Qing ^c   Park, Hong Joon ^d   Jeon, Chang Jin ^a   Lin, Xi ^c   Bok, Jinwoong ^e   Kim, Un Kyung ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Soree Ear Clinic   (South Korea)

^e Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GJB2 GENE; HAPLOTYPE; HEARING LOSS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; KOREAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CELL LINE; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 79957960956     PISSN: 10761551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2119/molmed.2010.00183     Document Type: Article

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