Mapping of a gene responsible for cataract formation and its modifier in the UPL rat

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 3153-3159

  Yamashita, Satoshi ^a   Furumoto, Kayo ^a   Nobukiyo, Asako ^a   Kamohara, Masashi ^a   Ushijima, Toshikazu ^a   Furukawa, Toshinori ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 50; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 5; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; RAT;

AGING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATARACT; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONNEXINS; EYE PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; LOD SCORE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS;

EID: 0036785820     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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