Characterization of the 10q26-orthologue in rhesus monkeys corroborates a functional connection between ARMS2 and HTRA1

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-78

  Pahl, Lisa ^a   Spangenberg, Astrid ^b   Schubert, Stephanie ^a   Schönmann, Uwe ^c   Schmidtke, Jörg ^a   Stuhrmann, Manfred ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Neurologic Practice Breuer/Spangenberg ^*  (Germany)

^c GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; ARMS2; Association study; HTRA1; Linkage disequilibrium; Rhesus monkey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARMS2 GENE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CHROMOSOME 10Q26; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRUSEN; EYE EXAMINATION; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HTRA1 GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHESUS MONKEY;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 10; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MACACA MULATTA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MONKEY DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEINS; RETINAL DRUSEN; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 84860250745     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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