Genetic analysis of an Indian family with members affected with juvenile-onset primary open-angle glaucoma

Ophthalmic Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-23

  Markandaya, M ^a   Ramesh, T K ^b   Selvaraju, V ^a   Dorairaj, Syril K ^a   Prakash, Ravi ^b   Shetty, Jyoti ^c   Kumar, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b Minto Ophthalmic Hospital   (India)

^c Bangalore West Lions Eye Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; GLC1A; Homozygous mutation; J POAG; MYOC; Myocilin

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MYOCILIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRIMARY GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 1942436038     PISSN: 13816810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opge.25.1.11.28995     Document Type: Article

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