Association of high myopia with crystallin beta A4 (CRYBA4) gene polymorphisms in the linkage-identified MYP6 locus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Ho, Daniel W H ^a   Yap, Maurice K H ^a   Ng, Po Wah ^a   Fung, Wai Yan ^a   Yip, Shea Ping ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CRYSTALLIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYBA4 GENE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA DETERMINATION; EMMETROPIA; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; HIGH MYOPIA; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYP6 GENE; PILOT STUDY; REPLICATION STUDY; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84863114193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040238     Document Type: Article

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