Dfna5 (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Non-syndromic hearing impairment protein 5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DFNA5 gene.Hearing impairment is a heterogeneous condition with over 40 loci described. The protein encoded by this gene is expressed in fetal cochlea, however, its function is not known. Nonsyndromic hearing impairment is associated with a mutation in this gene.