A study of whirlin isoforms in the mouse vestibular system suggests potential vestibular dysfunction in DFNB31-deficient patients

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 7017-7030

  Mathur, Pranav Dinesh ^a   Vijayakumar, Sarath ^b   Vashist, Deepti ^a   Jones, Sherri M ^b   Jones, Timothy A ^b   Yang, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; CALRETININ; ONCOMODULIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHIRLIN PROTEIN; DFNB31 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ISOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; WHRN PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DFNB31 GENE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INNER EAR; INNER HAIR CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PDZ DOMAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA; ROTAROD TEST; SWIMMING; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; ANIMAL; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COCHLEAR HAIR CELL; DEFICIENCY; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; MUTANT MOUSE STRAIN; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EAR, INNER; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS;

EID: 84959236550     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddv403     Document Type: Article

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