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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
89
Citations
27561
World Ranking
2569
National Ranking
1344

Best Publications

  • Retinal degeneration mutants in the mouse.

    B. Chang;N.L. Hawes;R.E. Hurd;M.T. Davisson

  • Mutations in a human homologue of Drosophila crumbs cause retinitis pigmentosa (RP12).

    A.I. den Hollander;J.B. ten Brink;Y.J.M. de Kok;S. van Soest

  • Identification of the gene (BBS1) most commonly involved in Bardet-Biedl syndrome, a complex human obesity syndrome.

    Kirk Mykytyn;Darryl Y. Nishimura;Charles C. Searby;Mythreyi Shastri

  • Leber Congenital Amaurosis and Retinitis Pigmentosa with Coats-like Exudative Vasculopathy Are Associated with Mutations in the Crumbs Homologue 1 (CRB1) Gene

    Anneke I. den Hollander;John R. Heckenlively;L. Ingeborgh van den Born;Yvette J.M. de Kok

  • Prevalence of mutations causing retinitis pigmentosa and other inherited retinopathies

    Melanie M. Sohocki;Stephen P Daiger;Sara J Bowne;Joseph A. Rodriquez

  • Nutritional Requirement for Taurine in Patients Receiving Long-Term Parenteral Nutrition

    Harry S. Geggel;Marvin E. Ament;John R. Heckenlively;Deidre A. Martin

  • A Range of Clinical Phenotypes Associated with Mutations in CRX, a Photoreceptor Transcription-Factor Gene

    Melanie M. Sohocki;Lori S. Sullivan;Helen A. Mintz-Hittner;David Birch

  • Mutations in a new photoreceptor-pineal gene on 17p cause Leber congenital amaurosis.

    Melanie M. Sohocki;Sara J. Bowne;Lori S. Sullivan;Seth Blackshaw

  • Interacting loci cause severe iris atrophy and glaucoma in DBA/2J mice.

    Bo Chang;Richard S Smith;Norman L Hawes;Michael G Anderson

  • Autosomal Dominant Sectoral Retinitis Pigmentosa: Two Families With Transversion Mutation in Codon 23 of Rhodopsin

    John R. Heckenlively;Joseph A. Rodriguez;Stephen P. Daiger

  • Mutations in MKKS cause Bardet-Biedl syndrome.

    Anne M. Slavotinek;Edwin M. Stone;Kirk Mykytyn;John R. Heckenlively

  • Mutations in the inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase 1 gene (IMPDH1) cause the RP10 form of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa

    Sara J. Bowne;Lori S. Sullivan;Susan H. Blanton;Constance L. Cepko

  • A comprehensive mutation analysis of RP2 and RPGR in a North American cohort of families with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa.

    Debra K. Breuer;Beverly M. Yashar;Elena Filippova;Suja Hiriyanna

  • CDH23 Mutation and Phenotype Heterogeneity: A Profile of 107 Diverse Families with Usher Syndrome and Nonsyndromic Deafness

    L.M. Astuto;J.M. Bork;M.D. Weston;J.W. Askew

  • Clinical Findings and Common Symptoms in Retinitis Pigmentosa

    John R. Heckenlively;Seth L. Yoser;Lorraine H. Friedman;Jill J. Oversier

  • An analysis of allelic variation in the ABCA4 gene

    Andrew R. Webster;Elise Heon;Andrew J. Lotery;Kimberlie Vandenburgh

  • The nob2 mouse, a null mutation in Cacna1f: anatomical and functional abnormalities in the outer retina and their consequences on ganglion cell visual responses.

    Bo Chang;John R. Heckenlively;Philippa R. Bayley;Nicholas C. Brecha

  • Myelinated retinal nerve fibers.

    Bradley R. Straatsma;Bradley R. Straatsma;Robert Y. Foos;Robert Y. Foos;John R. Heckenlively;John R. Heckenlively;Gary N. Taylor

  • Linkage mapping of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (RP1) to the pericentric region of human chromosome 8

    Susan Halloran Blanton;John R. Heckenlively;Anne W. Cottingham;Jackie Friedman

  • Genetic heterogeneity among blue-cone monochromats.

    J. Nathans;I. H. Maumenee;E. Zrenner;B. Sadowski

Frequent Co-Authors

Bo Chang
Bo Chang University of California, Los Angeles
Stephen P. Daiger
Stephen P. Daiger The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
David G. Birch
David G. Birch The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Muriel T. Davisson
Muriel T. Davisson University of California, Los Angeles
Samuel G. Jacobson
Samuel G. Jacobson University of Pennsylvania
Richard G. Weleber
Richard G. Weleber Oregon Health & Science University
Debora B. Farber
Debora B. Farber University of California, Los Angeles
Richard S. Smith
Richard S. Smith Laurentian University
Susan H. Blanton
Susan H. Blanton University of Miami
Edwin M. Stone
Edwin M. Stone University of Iowa

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