Identification of novel variants in the Cx29 gene of nonsyndromic hearing loss patients using buccal cells and restriction fragment length polymorphism method.

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The crucial role of gap junctions, which are composed of connexin (Cx) protein, in auditory functions has been confirmed by numerous studies. Cx29 is a relatively new member of the Cx protein family. In this article, we report variants of the Cx29 gene in 253 unrelated Taiwanese patients with nonsyndromic hearing loss. Thirteen (5.14%) of the 253 patients had variants of Cx29. Five sequence changes (c.43C-->G,...

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