Interacting loci cause severe iris atrophy and glaucoma in DBA/2J mice

Nature Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 405-409

  Chang, Bo ^a   Smith, Richard S ^a,b   Hawes, Norman L ^a   Anderson, Michael G ^a,b   Zabaleta, Adriana ^a   Savinova, Olga ^a   Roderick, Thomas H ^a   Heckenlively, John R ^c   Davisson, Muriel T ^a   John, Simon W M ^a,b,d  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CELL DEATH; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE LOCATION; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS ATROPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; GLAUCOMA; HOMOZYGOTE; IRIS; IRIS DISEASES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032901329     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/7741     Document Type: Article

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