Canine rod transducin α-1: Cloning of the cDNA and evaluation of the gene as a candidate for progressive retinal atrophy

Current Eye Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-77

  Ray, Kunal ^a   Baldwin, Victoria J ^a   Zeiss, Caroline ^a   Acland, Gregory M ^a   Aguirre, Gustavo D ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Dog; Early retinal degeneration; Progressive retinal atrophy; Progressive rod cone degeneration; Rod cone dysplasia 2; Transducin 1

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TRANSDUCIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; DOG; GENE LOCUS; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOGS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RODS (RETINA); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSDUCIN;

EID: 0031050710     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.16.1.71.5122     Document Type: Article

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