Molecular basis of albinism in India: Evaluation of seven potential candidate genes and some new findings

Gene

Volumn 511, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 470-474

  Mondal, M ^a   Sengupta, M ^a   Samanta, S ^b   Sil, A ^c   Ray, K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^b CALCUTTA NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Netra Niramay Niketan   (India)

Author keywords

Albinism; OCA2; SILV; SLC24A5; TYR; TYRP2

Indexed keywords

DOPACHROME TAUTOMERASE; GENOMIC DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM TYPE 2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN SLC45A2; SILVER PROTEIN; TYROSINASE PROTEIN; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE OCULAR ALBINISM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; OCULAR ALBINISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALBINISM; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; INDIA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84868212392     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.09.012     Document Type: Article

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