Novel HSF4 Mutation Causes Congenital Total White Cataract in a Chinese Family

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Ke, Tie ^a   Wang, Qing K ^a,b   Ji, Binchu ^c   Wang, Xu ^a   Liu, Ping ^a   Zhang, Xianqin ^a   Tang, Zhaohui ^a   Ren, Xiang ^a   Liu, Mugen ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Jinzhushan Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; HEAT SHOCK TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; HISTIDINE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; CONGENITAL CATARACT; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 33746270307     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.03.056     Document Type: Article

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