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A missense mutation in the conserved C2B domain of otoferlin causes deafness in a new mouse model of DFNB9.
Hearing research - 1 Dec 2007
Longo-Guess Chantal, Gagnon Leona H, Bergstrom David E, Johnson Kenneth R
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of the otoferlin gene have been shown to underlie deafness disorders in humans and mice. Analyses of genetically engineered mice lacking otoferlin have demonstrated an essential role for this protein in vesicle exocytosis at the inner hair cell afferent synapse. Here, we report on the molecular and phenotypic characterization of a new ENU-induced missense mutation of the mouse otoferlin gene designated...
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