| Literature DB >> 16773579 |
Ellen Wilch1, Mei Zhu, Kirk B Burkhart, Martha Regier, Jill L Elfenbein, Rachel A Fisher, Karen H Friderici.
Abstract
In a large kindred of German descent, we found a novel allele that segregates with deafness when present in trans with the 35delG allele of GJB2. Qualitative polymerase chain reaction-based allele-specific expression assays showed that expression of both GJB2 and GJB6 from the novel allele is dramatically reduced. This is the first evidence of a deafness-associated regulatory mutation of GJB2 and of potential coregulation of GJB2 and GJB6.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16773579 PMCID: PMC1474119 DOI: 10.1086/505333
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Hum Genet ISSN: 0002-9297 Impact factor: 11.025