An αA-crystallin gene mutation, Arg12Cys, causing inherited cataract-microcornea exhibits an altered heat-shock response

Molecular Vision

Volumn 15, Issue , 2009, Pages 1127-1138

  Zhang, Li Yun ^a   Yam, Gary Hin Fai ^a   Tam, Pancy Oi Sin ^a   Lai, R Yiu Kwong ^a   Lam, Dennis Shun Chiu ^a   Pang, Chi Pui ^a   Fan, Dorothy Shu Ping ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; ARGININE; CYSTINE; CYTOSINE; GENOMIC DNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; THYMINE; TRITON X 100; CRYAA PROTEIN, HUMAN; CRYSTALLIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CELL MUTANT; CELL STRAIN COS7; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; HEREDITARY CATARACT MICROCORNEA SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOLUBILITY; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CATARACT; CELL STRAIN COS1; CERCOPITHECUS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORNEA; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CATARACT; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHILD; CHINA; CORNEA; COS CELLS; CRYSTALLINS; FEMALE; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 67149129947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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