Genomic organization of human CDS2 and evaluation as a candidate gene for corneal hereditary endothelial dystrophy 2 on chromosome 20p13

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 619-623

  Halford, Stephanie ^a,d   Inglis, Suzanne ^a   Gwilliam, Rhian ^b   Spencer, Pauline ^a   Mohamed, Moin ^c   Ebenezer, Neil D ^a   Hunt, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDS2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 20P; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRON; LETTER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0036449426     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.2002.2052     Document Type: Editorial

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