Characterization of canine rod photoreceptor cGMP-gated cation channel α-subunit gene and exclusion of its involvement in the hereditary retinal dystrophy of Swedish Briards

Gene

Volumn 202, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 115-119

  Veske, Andres ^a   Nilsson, Sven Erik G ^b   Gal, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cCNCG1; RACE; RAGE; Vision

Indexed keywords

CATION CHANNEL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIC GMP; DNA; MEMBRANE ENZYME;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOG; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EXON; GENE; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINA ROD; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0030733265     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00461-7     Document Type: Article

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