The protein truncation test (PTT) as a method of detection for choroideremia mutations

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 849-854

  Beaufrere L ^a,b   Tuffery, S ^a   Hamel, C ^b   Bareil, C ^a   Arnaud, B ^b   Demaille, J ^a   Claustres, M ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Choroideremia; Mutation detection; Protein truncation test

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOROID DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENOME; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; X CHROMOSOME RECESSIVE DISORDER;

EID: 0345698820     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1997.0392     Document Type: Article

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