A novel ARMS2 splice variant is identified in human retina

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 187-191

  Wang, Gaofeng ^a   Scott, William K ^a   Whitehead, Patrice ^a   Court, Brenda L ^a   Kovach, Jaclyn L ^b   Schwartz, Stephen G ^b   Agarwal, Anita ^c   Dubovy, Sander ^b   Haines, Jonathan L ^d   Pericak Vance, Margaret A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; ARMS2; HTRA1; Retina; Splice variant; Transcription

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; RNA;

AGE RELATED MACULOPATHY SUSCEPTIBILITY 2 GENE; ARTICLE; EXON; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84855850305     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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