Hypothetical LOC387715 is a second major susceptibility gene for age-related macular degeneration, contributing independently of complement factor H to disease risk

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 3227-3236

  Rivera, Andrea ^a   Fisher, Sheila A ^b   Fritsche, Lars G ^a   Keilhauer, Claudia N ^c   Lichtner, Peter ^d,e   Meitinger, Thomas ^d,e   Weber, Bernhard H F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; HISTIDINE; SERINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TYROSINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 10; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; DNA PRIMERS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ODDS RATIO; PLACENTA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINS; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

PRIMATES;

EID: 27744462212     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddi353     Document Type: Article

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