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SUBMITTER: Nance WE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1182073 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nance Walter E WE Kearsey Michael J MJ
American journal of human genetics 20040409 6
The connexins are the subunits of a family of proteins that form gap junctions, allowing ions and small molecules to move between adjacent cells. At least four connexins are expressed in the ear, and, although there are known mutations at >100 loci that can cause deafness, those involving DFNB1, in the interval 13q11-q12 containing the GJB2 and GJB6 genes coding for connexins 26 and 30, are the most frequent cause of recessive deafness in many populations. We have suggested that the combined eff ...[more]