Post-transcriptional modification of the gene genetically linked to juvenile open-angle glaucoma; novel transcripts in human ocular tissues

Gene

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 115-122

  Kong, Tim Hing ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Deletion; Expression; Glaucoma; mRNA; Myocilin; Steroid

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; MYOCILIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA MODIFICATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL LINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CILIARY BODY; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0035663550     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00777-6     Document Type: Article

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