Human Usher 1B/mouse shaker-1: The retinal phenotype discrepancy explained by the presence/absence of myosin VIIA in the photoreceptor cells

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1171-1178

  El Amraoui, Aziz ^a   Sahly, Iman ^b   Picaud, Serge ^c   Sahel, José ^c   Abitbol, Marc ^b   Petit, Christine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; EMBRYO; FETUS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INNER EAR DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SYNAPSE VESICLE; USHER SYNDROME; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

EID: 0029794058     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/5.8.1171     Document Type: Article

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