Nuclear receptor NR2E3 gene mutations distort human retinal laminar architecture and cause an unusual degeneration

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 1893-1902

  Jacobson, Samuel G ^a   Sumaroka, Alexander ^a   Aleman, Tomas S ^a   Cideciyan, Artur V ^a   Schwartz, Sharon B ^a   Roman, Alejandro J ^a   McInnes, Roderick R ^b   Sheffield, Val C ^c   Stone, Edwin M ^c   Swaroop, Anand ^d,e   Wright, Alan F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA MALFORMATION; RETINA ROD; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

HUMANS; MUTATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 4544267698     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddh198     Document Type: Article

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