Detection of a new TIGR gene mutation in a Japanese family with primary open angle glaucoma

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 85-88

  Yokoyama, Akiko ^a   Nao i, Nobuhisa ^a   Date, Yukari ^a   Nakazato, Masamitu ^a   Chumann, Hideki ^a   Chihara, Etsuo ^b   Sawada, Atsushi ^a   Matsukura, Shigeru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b Sensho kai Eye Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA sequencing; Missense mutation; PCR IMRA; Primary open angle glaucoma; Trabecular meshwork inducible glucocorticoid response protein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032906337     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(98)00077-X     Document Type: Article

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