References
- Baird M., Driscoll C., Schreiner H., Sciarratta G. V., Sansone G., Niazi G., Ramirez F., Bank A. A nucleotide change at a splice junction in the human β-globin gene is associated with β˚-thalassemia. Proc. nat. Acad. Sci. USA 1981; 78: 4218–4221
- Bell G. I., Karam J. H., Rutter W. J. Polymorphic DNA region adjacent to the 5′ end of the human insulin gene. Proc. nat. Acad. Sci. USA 1981; 78: 5759–5763
- Bloemendal H. The lens proteins. Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Eye Lens, H. Bloemendal. J. Wiley & Sons, New York 1981; 1–47
- Botstein D., White R. L., Scolnick M., Davis R. W. Construction of a genetic linkage map in man using restriction fragment length polymorphism. Amer. J. hum. Genet. 1980; 32: 314–331
- Clayton R. M. Developmental genetics of the lens. The Ocular Lens, H. Maisel. M. Dekker, Inc., New York 1985; 61–90
- Conneally P. M., Wilson A. F., Merritt A. D., Halveston E. M., Palmer C. G., Wang L. Y. Confirmation of genetic heterogeneity in autosomal dominant forms of congenital cataracts from linkage studies. Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 1978; 22: 295–297
- Delaye M., Tardieu A. Short-range order of crystallin proteins accounts for eye lens transparency. Nature 1983; 302: 415–417
- Den Dunnen J. T., Moormann R. J. M., Cremers F. P. M., Schoenmakers J. G. G. Two human γ-crystallin genes are linked and riddled with Alu-repeats. Gene 1985; 38: 197–204
- Gorin M. B., Yancey S. B., Cline J., Revel J.-P., Horwitz J. The major intrinsic protein (MIP) of the bovine lens fiber membrane: characterization and structure based on cDNA cloning. Cell 1984; 39: 49–59
- Gusella J. F., Wexler N. S., Conneally P. M., Naylor S. L., Anderson M. A., Sakaguchi A. Y., Young A. B., Shoulson I., Bonilla E., Martin J. B. A polymorphic DNA marker genetically linked to Huntingtons's disease. Nature 1983; 306: 234–238
- Harman N. B. Ten pedigrees of congenital and infantile cataract; lamellar, coralliform, discoid, and posterior polar with microphthalmia. Trans, ophthal. Soc. UK 1910; 30: 251–274
- McAvoy J. W. Cell division, cell elongation and distribution of α-β, and γ-crystallins in the rat lens. J. Embryol, exp. Morphol. 1978; 44: 149–165
- Meakin S. O., Breitman M. L., Tsui L.-C. Structural and evolutionary relationships among five members of the human β-crystallin gene family. Mol. cell. Biol. 1985; 5: 1408–1414
- Moscona A. A., Fox L., Smith J., Degenstein L. Antiserum to lens antigens immunostain Müller glia cells in the neural retina. Proc. nat. Acad. Sci. USA 1985; 82: 5570–5573
- Orkin S. H., Kazazian H. H., Jr., Antonarakis S. E., Goff S. C., Boehm C. D., Sexton J. P., Waber P. G., Giardina P. J. Linkage of β-thalassaemia mutations and β-globin gene polymorphisms with DNA polymorphisms in human β-globin gene cluster. Nature 1982; 296: 627–631
- Philipson B. Distribution of protein within the normal rat lens. Invest. Ophthal. 1969; 8: 258–270
- Reeders S. T., Breuning M. H., Davies K. E., Nicholls R. D., Jarman A. P., Higgs D. R., Pearson P. L., Weatherall D. J. A highly polymorphic DNA marker linked to adult polycystic kidney disease on chromosome 16. Nature 1985; 317: 542–544
- Renwick J. H., Lawler S. D. Probable linkage between a congenital cataract locus and the Duffy blood group locus. Ann. hum. Genet. 1963; 27: 67–84
- Shiloh Y., Donlon T., Bruns G., Breitman M. L., Tsui L.-C. Assignment of the human β-crystallin gene cluster (CRYG) to the long arm of chromosome 2, region q33-q36. Hum. Genet, in press
- Smith P. A pedigree of Doyne's discoid cataract. Trans, ophthal. Soc. UK 1910; 30: 37–42
- Tsui L.-C., Buchwald M., Barker D., Braman J. C., Knowlton R., Schumm J. W., Eiberg H., Mohr J., Kennedy D., Plavsic N., Zsiga M., Markiewicz D., Akots G., Brown V., Helms C., Gravius T., Parker C., Rediker K., Donis-Keller H. Cystic fibrosis locus defined by a genetically linked polymorphic DNA marker. Science 1985; 230: 1054–1057