Non-secretion of mutant proteins of the glaucoma gene myocilin in cultured trabecular meshwork cells and in aqueous humor

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 117-125

  Jacobson, Nasreen ^a   Andrews, Michael ^b   Shepard, Allan R ^a   Nishimura, Darryl ^c   Searby, Charles ^b   Fingert, John H ^b   Hageman, Greg ^b   Mullins, Robert ^b   Davidson, Beverly L ^c   Kwon, Young H ^b   Alward, W L M ^b   Stone, Edwin M ^b   Clark, Abbot F ^a   Sheffield, Val C ^b,c  

^a ALCON RESEARCH LTD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; MYOCILIN;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BLINDNESS; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NONSENSE MUTATION; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 0035862866     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/10.2.117     Document Type: Article

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