Dissecting the genetics of human high myopia: A molecular biologic approach

Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 102, Issue , 2004, Pages 423-446

  Young, Terri L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CLUL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; EYE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TGIF PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 18P; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SCREENING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME MAP; DOMINANT GENE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYOPIA; PEDIGREE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; EYE PROTEINS; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC SCREENING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYOPIA; PEDIGREE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 17244383093     PISSN: 15456110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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