Molecular analysis of FOXC1 in subjects presenting with severe developmental eye anomalies

Molecular Vision

Volumn 15, Issue , 2009, Pages 1366-1373

  Kaur, Kulvinder ^a   Ragge, Nicola K ^b,c   Ragoussis, Jiannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ALANINE; ASPARAGINE; CYTOSINE; GLYCINE; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE; THYMINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXC1;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANOPHTHALMIA; ARTICLE; COLOBOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY ANOMALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROPHTHALMIA; MISSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 67651095558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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