Visual pigment gene structure and expression in human retinae

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 981-990

  Yamaguchi, Tomohiko ^a   Motulsky, Arno G ^a   Deeb, Samir S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COLOR VISION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

COLOR VISION DEFECTS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; OPSIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENTS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030752981     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.7.981     Document Type: Article

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