A 5-base insertion in the γC-crystallin gene is associated with antosomal dominant variable zonular pulverulent cataract

Human Genetics

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 531-537

  Ren, Zhaoxia ^a   Li, Anren ^a   Shastry, Barker S ^b   Padma, Tirunilai ^c   Ayyagari, Radha ^d   Scott, Mark H ^a   Parks, Marshall M ^e   Kaiser Kupfer, Muriel I ^a   Hejtmancik, J Fielding ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Private Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CATARACT; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE INSERTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TATA BOX;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CATARACT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; CRYSTALLINS; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; EXONS; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOGENES;

EID: 0034045990     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050021     Document Type: Article

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