Mutation in HSF4 associated with early but not late-onset hereditary cataract in the Boston Terrier

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 531-533

  Mellersh, Cathryn S ^a   Graves, Kathryn T ^b   McLaughlin, Bryan ^a   Ennis, Rosalyn B ^b   Pettitt, Louise ^a   Vaudin, Mark ^a   Barnett, Keith C ^a  

^a ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATARACT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOG; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AGE OF ONSET; ANIMALS; CATARACT; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EXONS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MUTATION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34548447546     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esm043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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