A polymorphism at codon 31 of gene p21 is not associated with primary open angle glaucoma in Caucasians

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Ressiniotis, Thomas ^a,b   Griffiths, Philip G ^a   Keers, Sharon M ^b   Chinnery, Patrick F ^b   Birch, Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GENOMIC DNA; PROTEIN P21; SERINE; CDKN1A PROTEIN, HUMAN; CODON; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1A;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CODON; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P21; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENOTYPE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 19744380549     PISSN: 14712415     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-5-5     Document Type: Article

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