Cataract mutations as a tool for developmental geneticists

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 8-18

  Graw, Jochen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cataract; Crystaliins; Embryonic development; Inherited disease; Mouse

Indexed keywords

GAMMA CRYSTALLIN;

ALLELE; CATARACT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; LENS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; CATARACT; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLINS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, DOMINANT; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE;

EID: 0029968310     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000267936     Document Type: Article

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