A novel mutation in MIP associated with congenital nuclear cataract in a Chinese family

Molecular Vision

Volumn 17, Issue , 2011, Pages 70-77

  Wang, Kai Jie ^a   Li, Sha Sha ^a   Yun, Bo ^a   Ma, Wen Xian ^a   Jiang, Tian Ge ^a   Zhu, Si Quan ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CYSTEINE; EYE PROTEIN; MAJOR INTRINSIC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONGENITAL NUCLEAR CATARACT; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AQUAPORINS; CATARACT; CHILD; CHINA; CODON; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; EYE PROTEINS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79551699434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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