Evaluation of MFRP as a candidate gene for high hyperopia

Molecular Vision

Volumn 15, Issue , 2009, Pages 181-186

  Wang, Panfeng ^a   Yang, Zhikuan ^a   Li, Shiqiang ^a   Xiao, Xueshan ^a   Guo, Xiangming ^a   Zhang, Qingjiong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRIZZLED PROTEIN; MEMBRANE TYPE FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN; PROLINE; PROTEIN MFRP; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FAMILY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIGH HYPEROPIA; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

BASE SEQUENCE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL;

EID: 59249087587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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