Expression of PRPF31 mRNA in patients with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa: A molecular clue for incomplete penetrance?

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4204-4209

  Vithana, Eranga N ^a   Abu Safieh, Leen ^a   Pelosini, Lucia ^b   Winchester, Elizabeth ^b   Hornan, Dan ^a   Bird, Alan C ^b   Hunt, David M ^a   Bustin, Stephen A ^c   Bhattacharya, Shomi S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PEDIGREE; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PRPF31 GENE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PENETRANCE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0141765726     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0253     Document Type: Article

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