Mutations including the promoter region of myocilin/TIGR gene

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 384-387

  Saura, Maria ^a   Cabana, Montse ^b   Ayuso, Carmen ^c   Valverde, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b Hospital de St Pau i Sta Tecla Tarragona   (Spain)

^c Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

Author keywords

Human trabecular meshwork; Intracellular accumulation; Misfolded proteins; MYOC TIGR; Myocilin; POAG; Upstream stimulatory factor

Indexed keywords

MYOCILIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 14944381811     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201299     Document Type: Article

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