Genes associated with retinitis pigmentosa and allied diseases are frequently mutated in the general population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Nishiguchi, Koji M ^a   Rivolta, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITARY RETINAL DEGENERATION; HUMAN; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

GENOMICS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MUTATION RATE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 84864609645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041902     Document Type: Article

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