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Identification of a Novel TECTA mutation in a Chinese DFNA8/12 family with prelingual progressive sensorineural hearing impairment.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Li Zhengyue, Guo Yilian, Lu Yu, Li Jianzhong, Jin Zhanguo, Li Hongbo, Lu Yanping, Dai Pu, Han Dongyi, Cheng Jing, Yuan Huijun
Abstract excerpt
Tectorial membrane, an extracellular matrix of the cochlea, plays a crucial role in the transmission of sound to the sensory hair cells. Alpha-tectorin is the most important noncollagenous component of the tectorial membrane and the otolith membrane in the maculae of the vestibular system. Defects in TECTA, the gene encodes alpha-tectorin, are cause of both dominant (DFNA8/12) and recessive (DFNB21) forms of...
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