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TRPML3 and hearing loss in the varitint-waddler mouse.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Aug 2007
Atiba-Davies Margaret, Noben-Trauth Konrad
Abstract excerpt
TRPML3 (also known as mucolipin-3, MCOLN3) belongs to the small family of TRPML ion channel proteins. The mammalian Trpml3 gene encodes a protein of 553 amino acids with short amino and carboxy termini and a transient receptor potential motif spanning from the third to the sixth trans membrane domain. Dominant mutant alleles of Trpml3 cause hearing loss, circling behaviour, pigmentation defects and embryonic...
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