Mutation of the receptor tyrosine kinase gene Mertk in the retinal dystrophic RCS rat

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 645-651

  D'Cruz, Patricia M ^a   Yasumura, Douglas ^b   Weir, Jessica ^a   Matthes, Michael T ^b   Abderrahim, Hadi ^a,c   LaVail, Matthew M ^b   Vollrath, Douglas ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Human Genome Research Center   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EXON; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; RETINA DYSTROPHY; SPLICEOSOME; STOP CODON; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034163837     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/9.4.645     Document Type: Article

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