A novel PAX6 mutation in a large Chinese family with aniridia and congenital cataract

Molecular Vision

Volumn 16, Issue , 2010, Pages 1141-1145

  Cai, Fucheng ^a   Zhu, Jianfang ^a   Chen, Wen ^a   Ke, Tie ^a   Wang, Fang ^a   Tu, Xin ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a   Jin, Runming ^a   Wu, Xiaoyan ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ADULT; ANIRIDIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CODON; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ANIRIDIA; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; CATARACT; CHINA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; EYE PROTEINS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 77955633217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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