Bothnia dystrophy caused by mutations in the cellular retinaldehyde- binding protein gene (RLBP1) on chromosome 15q26

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 995-1000

  Burstedt, Marie S I ^d   Sandgren, Ola ^c   Holmgren, Gösta ^a   Forsman Semb, Kristina ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN; THYMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PEDIGREE; RETINALDEHYDE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033066974     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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