Characterization of a mutation in the lens-specific MP70 encoding gene of the mouse leading to a dominant cataract

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 867-876

  Graw, Jochen ^a   Löster, Jana ^a   Soewarto, Dian ^a   Fuchs, Helmut ^a   Meyer, Birgit ^b   Reis, André ^b   Wolf, Eckhard ^c   Balling, Rudi ^a   Hrabé de Angelis, Martin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cataract; Connexin50; DNA; Gja8; Mouse; MP70; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CONNEXIN 50; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; LENS PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CATARACTOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMOZYGOTE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0035701565     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.2001.1096     Document Type: Article

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