Novel mutations in GJA3 associated with autosomal dominant congenital cataract in the Indian population

Molecular Vision

Volumn 11, Issue , 2005, Pages 846-852

  Devi, Ramachandran Ramya ^a   Reena, Chandrashekar ^b   Vijayalakshmi, Perumalsamy ^c  

^a ARAVIND MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 46; GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; CATARACT; CONNEXINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 27644437222     PISSN: 10900535     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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