Genome-wide association identifies ATOH7 as a major gene determining human optic disc size

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2716-2724

  Macgregor, Stuart ^a   Hewitt, Alex W ^b   Hysi, Pirro G ^c   Ruddle, Jonathan B ^b   Medland, Sarah E ^a   Henders, Anjali K ^a   Gordon, Scott D ^a   Andrew, Toby ^c   McEvoy, Brian ^a   Sanfilippo, Paul G ^b   Carbonaro, Francis ^c   Tah, Vikas ^c   Li, Yi Ju ^d   Bennett, Sonya L ^b   Craig, Jamie E ^e   Montgomery, Grant W ^a   Tran Viet, Khanh Nhat ^d   Brown, Nadean L ^f   Spector, Timothy D ^c   Martin, Nicholas G ^a   Young, Terri L ^d   Hammond, Christopher J ^c   Mackey, David A ^b,g,h   more..

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATONAL HOMOLOG 7 PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RAFTLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ATOH7 PROTEIN, HUMAN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; RAFTLIN PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE HYPOPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BLINDNESS; CHILD; GENETICS; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954168341     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq144     Document Type: Article

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