Analysis of the rdd locus in chicken: A model for human retinitis pigmentosa

Molecular Vision

Volumn 9, Issue , 2003, Pages 164-170

  Burt, David W ^a   Morrice, David R ^a   Lester, Douglas H ^b   Robertson, Graeme W ^a   Mohamed, Moin D ^c   Simmons, Ian ^d   Downey, Louise M ^c   Thaung, Caroline ^c   Bridges, Leslie R ^c   Paton, Ian R ^a   Gentle, Mike ^a   Smith, Jacqueline ^a   Hocking, Paul M ^a   Inglehearn, Chris F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PROTEIN RDD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CHROMOSOME 9P; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PROGENY; PUPIL REFLEX; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA MALFORMATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX LINKAGE; USHER SYNDROME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; CROSS BREEDING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLINDNESS; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; CROSSES, GENETIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL DYSPLASIA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 0037849934     PISSN: 10900535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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