Cloning and characterization of human homologue of Drosophila retinal degeneration B: A candidate gene for degenerative retinal diseases

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 235-245

  Guo, Jing ^a   Yu, Fushin X ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Human homologue of retinal degeneration gene B; Membrane traffic; Retinal degeneration; Retinal function

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DISEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; RATS; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030741252     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1997)20:3<235::AID-DVG6>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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