Analysis of the developmental SIX6 homeobox gene in patients with anophthalmia/microphthalmia [1]

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 129 A, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 92-94

  Gallardo, M E ^a   Rodriguez De Cordoba S ^a   Schneider, A S ^b   Dwyer, M A ^b   Ayuso, C ^c   Bovolenta, P ^d  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; THREONINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANOPHTHALMIA; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONGENITAL NYSTAGMUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROPHTHALMIA; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SIX6 GENE; SYNDACTYLY;

EID: 3343003568     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30126     Document Type: Letter

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