The relationship between BCMO1 gene variants and macular pigment optical density in persons with and without age-related macular degeneration

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Feigl, Beatrix ^a,b   Morris, C Phillip ^a   Voisey, Joanne ^a   Kwan, Anthony ^b,c   Zele, Andrew J ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; VISUAL PIGMENT; BCMO1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; BETA CAROTENE 15,15' MONOOXYGENASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BCMO1 GENE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MACULAR PIGMENT OPTICAL DENSITY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTICAL DENSITY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UPREGULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MIDDLE AGED;

BETA-CAROTENE 15,15'-MONOOXYGENASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MACULAR PIGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84896749396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089069     Document Type: Article

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