Mutation of a nuclear receptor gene, NR2E3, causes enhanced S cone syndrome, a disorder of retinal cell fate

Nature Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-131

  Haider, Neena B ^a,b   Jacobson, Samuel G ^c   Cideciyan, Artur V ^c   Swiderski, Ruth ^a,b   Streb, Luan M ^a   Searby, Charles ^a,b   Beck, Gretel ^a,b   Hockey, Robin ^a,b   Hanna, David B ^c   Gorman, Susan ^d   Duhl, David ^d   Carmi, Rivka ^e   Bennett, Jean ^c   Weleber, Richard G ^f   Fishman, Gerald A ^g   Wright, Alan F ^h   Stone, Edwin M ^a   Sheffield, Val C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^e BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^h WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL FATE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0033975061     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/72777     Document Type: Article

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