Molecular analysis of CHX10 and MFRP in Chinese subjects with primary angle closure glaucoma and short axial length eyes

Molecular Vision

Volumn 14, Issue , 2008, Pages 1313-1318

  Aung, Tin ^a,b,c   Lim, Marcus C C ^a,b   Wong, Tina T L ^a,b   Thalamuthu, Anbupalam ^d   Yong, Victor H K ^b   Venkataraman, Divya ^b   Venkatraman, Anandalakshmi ^b   Chew, Paul T K ^c,e   Vithana, Eranga N ^b  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN CHX10; PROTEIN MFPR;

AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CHINESE; DNA EXTRACTION; EXON; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; RISK; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 48249112207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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