Genomic organization and mutation analysis of the gene encoding lecithin retinol acyltransferase in human retinal pigment epithelium

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-37

  Ruiz, A ^a   Kuehn, M H ^a   Andorf, J L ^a   Stone, E ^a   Hageman, G S ^a   Bok, D ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; RETINOL ACYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUTATION RATE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; EYE PROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; RETINAL DEGENERATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0035174263     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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