Allelic heterogeneity of the carbohydrate sulfotransferase-6 gene in patients with macular corneal dystrophy

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 454-460

  Sultana, A ^a   Sridhar, M S ^a   Klintworth, G K ^b   Balasubramanian, D ^a   Kannabiran, Chitra ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate sulfotransferase; CHST6; Macular corneal dystrophy; Mutations

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; HISTIDINE; KERATAN SULFATE; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE 6 SULFOTRANSFERASE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; PROTEOGLYCAN; SERINE; SULFOTRANSFERASE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CATALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; DNA SEQUENCE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA CORNEA DYSTROPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SULFATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHILD; CODON, NONSENSE; CONSANGUINITY; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SULFOTRANSFERASES;

EID: 27544437197     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2005.00517.x     Document Type: Article

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