Disease-associated variants of Gap Junction Beta 2 protein (GJB2) in the deaf population of Southern Punjab of Pakistan

Nabila Kausar; Asma Haque; Muhammad Shareef Masoud; Nazia Nahid; Usman Ali Ashfaq; Ali Muhammad Waryah; Rashid Bhatti; Muhammad Qasim

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0259083

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Disease-associated variants of Gap Junction Beta 2 protein (GJB2) in the deaf population of Southern Punjab of Pakistan

Nabila Kausar,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Asma Haque,

Roles Data curation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Muhammad Shareef Masoud,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Nazia Nahid ,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: nazianahid@gmail.com (NN); qasemawan@gmail.com (MQ)

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Usman Ali Ashfaq,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Ali Muhammad Waryah,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Molecular Biology and Genetics Department, Medical Research Center, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Pakistan
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Rashid Bhatti,

Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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Muhammad Qasim

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: nazianahid@gmail.com (NN); qasemawan@gmail.com (MQ)

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8139-538X

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Disease-associated variants of Gap Junction Beta 2 protein (GJB2) in the deaf population of Southern Punjab of Pakistan

Nabila Kausar,
Asma Haque,
Muhammad Shareef Masoud,
Nazia Nahid,
Usman Ali Ashfaq,
Ali Muhammad Waryah,
Rashid Bhatti,
Muhammad Qasim

Published: October 25, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259083

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