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Sadaf Naz1, Chantal M Giguere, David C Kohrman, Kristina L Mitchem, Saima Riazuddin, Robert J Morell, Arabandi Ramesh, Srikumari Srisailpathy, Dilip Deshmukh, Sheikh Riazuddin, Andrew J Griffith, Thomas B Friedman, Richard J H Smith, Edward R Wilcox.
Abstract
We have identified five different homozygous recessive mutations in a novel gene, TMIE (transmembrane inner ear expressed gene), in affected members of consanguineous families segregating severe-to-profound prelingual deafness, consistent with linkage to DFNB6. The mutations include an insertion, a deletion, and three missense mutations, and they indicate that loss of function of TMIE causes hearing loss in humans. TMIE encodes a protein with 156 amino acids and exhibits no significant nucleotide or deduced amino acid sequence similarity to any other gene.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12145746 PMCID: PMC379198 DOI: 10.1086/342193
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Hum Genet ISSN: 0002-9297 Impact factor: 11.025