Screening of the PDE6B gene in patients with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-154

  Gao, Yong Qing ^a   Danciger, Michael ^a,b   Zhao, Dan Yun ^a   Blaney, John ^a   Piriev, Natik I ^a   Shih, Jennifer ^a   Jacobson, Samuel G ^c   Heckenlively, John H ^a   Farber, Debora B ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa; DGGE; PDE6B; Retinal degeneration; Rod cGMP phosphodiesterase subunit; Visual transduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SCREENING;

EID: 0029914402     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0019     Document Type: Article

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