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Compound heterozygosity of the functionally null Cdh23(v-ngt) and hypomorphic Cdh23(ahl) alleles leads to early-onset progressive hearing loss in mice.
Experimental animals - 1 Jan 2013
Miyasaka Yuki, Suzuki Sari, Ohshiba Yasuhiro, Watanabe Kei, Sagara Yoshihiko, Yasuda Shumpei P, Matsuoka Kunie, Shitara Hiroshi, Yonekawa Hiromichi, Kominami Ryo, Kikkawa Yoshiaki
Abstract excerpt
The waltzer (v) mouse mutant harbors a mutation in Cadherin 23 (Cdh23) and is a model for Usher syndrome type 1D, which is characterized by congenital deafness, vestibular dysfunction, and prepubertal onset of progressive retinitis pigmentosa. In mice, functionally null Cdh23 mutations affect stereociliary morphogenesis and the polarity of both cochlear and vestibular hair cells. In contrast, the murine...
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