Connexin46 mutations in autosomal dominant congenital cataract

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1357-1364

  Mackay, Donna ^b   Ionides, Alexander ^b   Kibar, Zoha ^b   Rouleau, Guy ^b   Berry, Vanita ^b   Moore, Anthony ^b   Shiels, Alan ^a   Bhattacharya, Shomi ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE; DNA; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; SERINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0141498594     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302383     Document Type: Article

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