Two pathogenic mutations located within the 5'-regulatory sequence of the GJB1 gene affecting initiation of transcription and translation

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 359-363

  Kabzińska, Dagmara ^a   Kotruchow, Katarzyna ^a   Ryniewicz, Barbara ^b   Kochański, Andrzej ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

GJB1 gene; IRES element; Mutations in regulatory elements; Transcription; Translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 81355135277     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: 1734154X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.2011_2247     Document Type: Article

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