A range of clinical phenotypes associated with mutations in CRX, a photoreceptor transcription-factor gene

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1307-1315

  Sohocki, Melanie M ^a   Sullivan, Lori S ^a,b   Mintz Hittner, Helen A ^b   Birch, David ^c   Heckenlively, John R ^d   Freund, Carol L ^e   Mclnnes, Roderick R ^e   Daiger, Stephen P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST   (United States)

^d JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; COLOR BLINDNESS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032231603     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302101     Document Type: Article

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