PAX6 mutations reviewed

Human Mutation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 93-108

  Prosser, Jane ^a   Van Heyningen, Veronica ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aniridia; Mutation; PAX6

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIRIDIA; CHROMOSOME 1P; CONGENITAL CATARACT; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; REVIEW;

EID: 0031932655     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1998)11:2<93::AID-HUMU1>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Review

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