A mutation in the connexin 50 (Cx50) gene is a candidate for the No2 mouse cataract

Current Eye Research

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 883-889

  Steele Jr , Ernest C ^a   Lyon, Mary F ^b   Favor, Jack ^c   Guillot, Pascale V ^b   Boyd, Yvonne ^b   Church, Robert L ^a,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MRC MAMMALIAN GENETICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d EMORY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Connexin; Gene mapping; Lens; Mouse; Mutation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; LENS FIBER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ANIMALS; CATARACT; CONNEXINS; DNA PRIMERS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0031658660     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.17.9.883.5144     Document Type: Article

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