Autosomal dominant retinal dystrophy (Rdy) in Abyssinian cats: Exclusion of PDE6G and ROM1 and likely exclusion of rhodopsin as candidate genes

Animal Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 436-440

  Gould, D J ^a   Sargan, D R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abyssinian cats; Photoreceptor dysplasia; Retinitis pigmentosa; Single stranded conformation polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RETINAL DEGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOPSIN; RNA;

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0036913746     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2052.2002.00914.x     Document Type: Article

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