A frameshift mutation in Golden Retriever dogs with progressive retinal atrophy endorses SLC4A3 as a candidate gene for human retinal degenerations

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Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Downs, Louise M ^a   Wallin Håkansson, Berit ^b   Boursnell, Mike ^a   Marklund, Stefan ^c   Hedhammar, Åke ^c   Truvé, Katarina ^c   Hübinette, Louise ^c   Lindblad Toh, Kerstin ^d,e   Bergström, Tomas ^c   Mellersh, Cathryn S ^a  

^a ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b The Swedish Kennel Club (SKK)   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOG; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GOLDEN RETRIEVER DOG; HOMOZYGOSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROGRESSIVE RETINAL ATROPHY; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DISEASE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SLC4A3 GENE; VISION; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; HUMAN;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 79959576223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021452     Document Type: Article

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