The PITX3 gene in posterior polar congenital cataract in Australia

Molecular Vision

Volumn 12, Issue , 2006, Pages 367-371

  Burdon, Kathryn P ^a   McKay, James D ^b,c   Wirth, M Gabriela ^d   Russel Eggit, Isabelle M ^e   Bhatti, Samira ^f   Ruddle, Jonathan B ^f,g   Dimasi, David ^a   Mackey, David A ^d,f,g   Craig, Jamie E ^a,f  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 10; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; PEDIGREE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33645818957     PISSN: 10900535     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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