The molecular genetics of the human I locus and molecular background explain the partial association of the adult i phenotype with congenital cataracts

Blood

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2081-2088

  Yu, Lung Chih ^b   Twu, Yuh Ching ^b   Chou, Ming Lun ^b   Reid, Marion E ^b   Gray, Alan R ^b   Moulds, Joann M ^b   Chang, Ching Yi ^b   Lin, Marie ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP I ANTIGEN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONGENITAL CATARACT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LENS EPITHELIUM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE;

EID: 0037443454     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2002-09-2693     Document Type: Article

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