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An alteration in ELMOD3, an Arl2 GTPase-activating protein, is associated with hearing impairment in humans.
PLoS genetics - 1 Jan 2013
Jaworek Thomas J, Richard Elodie M, Ivanova Anna A, Giese Arnaud P J, Choo Daniel I, Khan Shaheen N, Riazuddin Sheikh, Kahn Richard A, Riazuddin Saima
Abstract excerpt
Exome sequencing coupled with homozygosity mapping was used to identify a transition mutation (c.794T>C; p.Leu265Ser) in ELMOD3 at the DFNB88 locus that is associated with nonsyndromic deafness in a large Pakistani family, PKDF468. The affected individuals of this family exhibited pre-lingual, se...
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