Rhodopsin mutations in inherited retinal dystrophies and dysfunctions

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-79

  Gal, Andreas ^a   Apfelstedt Sylla, Eckart ^b   Janecke, Andreas R ^a   Zrenner, Eberhart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Universitäts Augenklinik Abteilung II   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINA ROD; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RETINOPATHY; REVIEW;

EID: 0031016243     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-9462(96)00021-3     Document Type: Review

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