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Identification of a novel Cochlin isoform in the perilymph: insights to Cochlin function and the pathogenesis of DFNA9.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 6 Feb 2004
Ikezono Tetsuo, Shindo Susumu, Li Lishu, Omori Akira, Ichinose Sachiyo, Watanabe Atsushi, Kobayashi Toshimitsu, Pawankar Ruby, Yagi Toshiaki
Abstract excerpt
The COCH gene mutated in DFNA9, an autosomal dominant hereditary sensorineural hearing loss and vestibular disorder, encodes Cochlin. Previously, we reported three bovine Cochlin isoforms, p63s, p44s, and p40s, which exhibit significant molecular heterogeneity in vivo. Here we have characterized...
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