Leber congenital amaurosis caused by mutations in GUCY2D

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Boye, Shannon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANYLATE CYCLASE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE 1; GUANYLATE CYCLASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN MODEL; COLOR VISION DEFECT; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; NONHUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINAL THICKNESS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; CHICKEN; COLOR VISION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; MOUSE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTORECEPTOR OUTER SEGMENT; PROMOTER REGION; THERAPY EFFECT; VISUAL DISORDER; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; MUTATION;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HUMANS; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; MICE; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 84941078284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21571422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a017350     Document Type: Article

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