Genetics of crystallins: Cataract and beyond

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-189

  Graw, Jochen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

cataract; crystallin; evolution; gene expression; inherited disease; lens

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; CHAPERONE; CRYSTALLIN; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN;

CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXON; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETICS; GUINEA PIG; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LENS; LENS FIBER; MALE INFERTILITY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUTANT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CATARACT; CRYSTALLINS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MUTATION; NEUROGENESIS;

EID: 61849122908     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2008.10.011     Document Type: Review

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