Sequence variants in the transforming growth β-induced factor (TGIF) gene are not associated with high myopia

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2091-2097

  Scavello, Genaro S ^a   Paluru, Prasuna C ^a   Ganter, William R ^a   Young, Terri L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; RNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME 18P; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GLAUCOMA; HIGH MYOPIA; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTRON; MISSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC NERVE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCLERA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TGIF GENE;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MYOPIA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 3142654686     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0933     Document Type: Article

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