PAX6 haplotypes are associated with high myopia in han chinese

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Jiang, Bo ^a,b   Yap, Maurice K H ^b   Leung, Kim Hung ^b   Ng, Po Wah ^b   Fung, Wai Yan ^b   Lam, Wai Wa ^b   Gu, Yang shun ^a   Yip, Shea Ping ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; EYE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HIGH MYOPIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MYOPIA;

ADULT; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 79955930031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019587     Document Type: Article

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