斑马鱼体内实验研究揭示了与自身主导性听力损失相关的人类TBC1D24遗传变异的有害活动

A Sarosiak1, J Jędrychowska2, D Oziębło1

  • 1Department of Genetics, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland.

概括

在TBC1D24的遗传变异导致自体主导听力损失 (ADHL). 这项使用斑马鱼的研究表明,TBC1D24对耳朵发育和kinosilia功能至关重要,揭示了变异如何导致听力损伤.

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