Association between gap junction protein-alpha 8 polymorphisms and age-related cataract

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1301-1307

  Liu, Yuanyuan ^a   Ke, Min ^a   Yan, Ming ^a   Guo, Shuren ^a   Mothobi, Mane Emily ^a   Chen, Qiang ^a   Zheng, Fang ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Age related cataract; Association; Gap junction protein alpha 8; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN ALPHA 8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; AGING; ALLELES; CATARACT; CONNEXINS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 79951578950     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-010-0230-z     Document Type: Article

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