Mutations in the retinal guanylate cyclase (RETGC-1) gene in dominant cone-rod dystrophy

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1179-1184

  Kelsell, Rosemary E ^a   Gregory Evans, Kevin ^b   Payne, Annette M ^a   Perrault, Isabelle ^c   Kaplan, Josseline ^c   Yang, Ruey Bing ^d   Garbers, David L ^d   Bird, Alan C ^b   Moore, Anthony T ^e   Hunt, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANYLATE CYCLASE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DYSTROPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHILD; CONES (RETINA); FEMALE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPTIC ATROPHIES, HEREDITARY; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; RODS (RETINA);

EID: 0345367079     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/7.7.1179     Document Type: Article

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