Direct visual resolution of gene copy number in the human photopigment gene array

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1585-1589

  Wolf, Stephan ^a,b   Sharpe, Lindsay T ^a   Schmidt, Hans Jürgen A ^a   Knau, Holger ^a   Weitz, Sandra ^b   Kioschis, Petra ^b   Poustka, Annemarie ^b   Zrenner, Eberhart ^b   Lichter, Peter ^b   Wissinger, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033014299     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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