Analysis of introns and promoters of L/M visual pigment genes in relation to deutan color-vision deficiency with an array of normal gene orders

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 525-530

  Ueyama, Hisao ^a   Tanabe, Shoko ^b   Muraki Oda, Sanae ^a   Yamade, Shinichi ^a   Ohji, Masahito ^a   Ohkubo, Iwao ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Institute of Vision Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital color vision deficiency; Deutan; Intron; Promoter; Visual pigment gene

Indexed keywords

L VISUAL PIGMENT; M VISUAL PIGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; COLOR VISION DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENE ORDER; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROMOTER REGION; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; CONE OPSINS; GENE ORDER; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 70349591828     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2009.73     Document Type: Article

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