Molecular genetics of retinitis pigmentosa in two Romani (Gypsy) families

Molecular Vision

Volumn 12, Issue , 2006, Pages 909-914

  Chakarova, Christina F ^a   Cherninkova, Sylvia ^b   Tournev, Ivailo ^c   Waseem, Naushin ^a   Kaneva, Radka ^b   Jordanava, Albena ^b   Veraitch, Brotati K ^a   Gill, Bhavdip ^a   Colclough, Tracy ^d   Nakova, Anastasia ^c   Oscar, Alexander ^b   Mihaylova, Violeta ^b   Nikolova Hill, Amelia ^e   Wright, Alan F ^f   Black, Graeme C M ^d   Ramsden, Simon ^d   Kremensky, Ivo ^b   Bhattacharya, Shomi S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

^c Hospital Alexandrovska   (Bulgaria)

^d ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Hunter New England Health Service   (Australia)

^f WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GUANINE; PRPF3 PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE REGULATOR PROTEIN; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BLOOD SAMPLING; BULGARIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GIPSY; HEMIZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PENETRANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GUANINE; GYPSIES; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INTRONS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PENETRANCE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; THYMINE;

EID: 33747104126     PISSN: 10900535     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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