CRYBA4, a novel human cataract gene, is also involved in microphthalmia

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 702-709

  Billingsley, Gail ^a   Santhiya, Sathiyavedu T ^d   Paterson, Andrew D ^a,c   Ogata, Koji ^a   Wodak, Shoshana ^a   Hosseini, S Mohsen ^a   Manisastry, Shyam Manohar ^d   Vijayalakshmi, Perumalsamy ^f   Gopinath, Pudhiya Mundyat ^g   Graw, Jochen ^e   Héon, Elise ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f Arvind Eye Hospital   (India)

^g MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA CRYSTALLIN; CRYSTALLIN; CYTOSINE; GENE PRODUCT; LEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; PROTEIN CRYBA4; PROTEIN CRYBB2; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SERINE; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BETA SHEET; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME 22; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYBA4 GENE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXON; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; LENS; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKER GENE; MICROPHTHALMIA; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

MURINAE;

EID: 33749032115     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507712     Document Type: Article

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