Novel β-crystallin gene mutations in chinese families with nuclear cataracts

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 337-343

  Wang, Kai Jie ^a   Wang, Bin Bin ^b   Zhang, Fengju ^a   Zhao, Yanyan ^a   Ma, Xu ^b,c   Zhu, Si Quan ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY PLANNING   (China)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; BETA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN B1; BETA CRYSTALLIN B2; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; METHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYBB 1 GENE; CRYBB 2 GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR CATARACT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-CRYSTALLIN B CHAIN; CATARACT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CONNEXINS; CORNEA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79952586085     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.11     Document Type: Article

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