Molecular biology in ophthalmology: A review of principles and recent advances

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 457-463

  Della, Neil G ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT DNA;

EYE DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

EID: 0029871554     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1996.01100130453017     Document Type: Review

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