Two new cataract loci, Ccw and To3, and further mapping of the Npp and Opj cataracts in the mouse

Genomics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-21

  Kerscher, S ^a   Glenister, P H ^a   Favor, J ^b   Lyon, M F ^a  

^a MRC MAMMALIAN GENETICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME 7; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CYTOGENETICS; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030586841     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.0420     Document Type: Article

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