Developmental eye disease - A genome era paradigm

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 272-282

  Van Heyningen, Veronica ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eye disease; Genes; Genome era paradigm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; CLINICAL GENETICS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE DISEASE; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE; EYE DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES; GENOME; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; HUMANS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031757435     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.1998.5440403.x     Document Type: Review

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