Missense mutation in the alternative splice region of the PAX6 gene in eye anomalies

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 656-663

  Azuma, Noriyuki ^a   Yamaguchi, Yuki ^d   Handa, Hiroshi ^d   Hayakawa, Mutsuko ^b   Kanai, Atsushi ^b   Yamada, Masao ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; EYE DISEASE; GENE INSERTION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MISSENSE MUTATION; MORPHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033362155     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302529     Document Type: Article

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