Frequency of the codon 807 mutation in the cGMP phosphodiesterase β- subunit gene in Irish setters and other dog breeds with hereditary retinal degeneration

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 143-147

  Aguirre, Gustavo D ^a   Baldwin, V ^a   Weeks, K M ^a   Acland, G M ^a   Ray, K ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; DNA;

ANIMAL MODEL; CODON; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DISEASE;

3',5'-CYCLIC-GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; ANIMALS; CODON; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS RUFUS;

EID: 0032934033     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/90.1.143     Document Type: Conference Paper

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