Contribution of connexin26 (GJB2) mutations and founder effect to non-syndromic hearing loss in India

J Med Genet. 2003 May;40(5):e68. doi: 10.1136/jmg.40.5.e68.

Authors

M RamShankar¹, S Girirajan, O Dagan, H M Ravi Shankar, R Jalvi, R Rangasayee, K B Avraham, A Anand

Affiliation

¹ Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Amino Acid Sequence
Audiology
Connexin 26
Connexins / chemistry
Connexins / genetics*
Consanguinity
DNA Mutational Analysis
Founder Effect*
Gene Frequency
Genotype
Hearing Loss / congenital
Hearing Loss / genetics*
Humans
India
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation / genetics*
Phenotype
Polymorphism, Genetic / genetics

Substances

Connexins
GJB2 protein, human
Connexin 26