Localization of a gene for keratoconus to a 5.6-Mb interval on 13q32

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1531-1539

  Gajecka, Marzena ^a,b   Radhakrishna, Uppala ^c   Winters, Daniel ^a   Nath, Swapan K ^d   Rydzanicz, Malgorzata ^a   Ratnamala, Uppala ^c   Ewing, Kimberly ^d   Molinari, Andrea ^e   Pitarque, Jose A ^e   Lee, Kwanghyuk ^f   Leal, Suzanne M ^f   Bejjani, Bassem A ^a,g  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (Poland)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL METROPOLITANO   (Ecuador)

^f BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR VSX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISUAL SYSTEM HOMEOBOX 1 HOMOLOG PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VSX1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME MAP; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PEDIGREE;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES; GENOTYPE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KERATOCONUS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 64049099287     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2173     Document Type: Article

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