Patent AT-E399860-T1: [Translated] MUTATION WITHIN THE CONNEXIN 26 GENE AND RELATION TO PRELINGUAL SYNDROMELESS DEAFNESS AND DETECTION METHODS

A purified polynucleotide having a chain of nucleotides corresponding to a mutated sequence, which in a wild form encodes a polypeptide implicated in hereditary sensory defect wherein said mutated purified polynucleotide presents a mutation responsible for prelingual non-syndromic deafness selected from the group consisting of a specific deletion of at least one nucleotide.