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ArticleMolecular vision2017

Sequence variants in four genes underlying Bardet-Biedl syndrome in consanguineous families.

Asmat Ullah, Muhammad Umair, Maryam Yousaf, Sher Alam Khan, Muhammad Nazim-Ud-Din, Khadim Shah, Farooq Ahmad, Zahid Azeem, Ghazanfar Ali, Bader Alhaddad and 7 more

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Article in Molecular vision, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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17 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Asmat UllahDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Muhammad UmairDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Maryam YousafDepartment of Chemistry, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan.
Sher Alam KhanKohat University of Science and Technology (KUST), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan.
Muhammad Nazim-Ud-DinDepartment of Biotechnology, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan.
Khadim ShahDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Farooq AhmadDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Zahid AzeemDepartment of Chemistry, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan.
Ghazanfar AliDepartment of Biotechnology, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan.
Bader AlhaddadInstitute of Human Genetics, Technische Universitat Munchen, Munchen, Germany.
Afzal RafiqueDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Abid JanDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Tobias B HaackInstitute of Human Genetics, Technische Universitat Munchen, Munchen, Germany.
Tim M StromInstitute of Human Genetics, Technische Universitat Munchen, Munchen, Germany.
Thomas MeitingerInstitute of Human Genetics, Technische Universitat Munchen, Munchen, Germany.
Tahseen GhousDepartment of Chemistry, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan.
Wasim AhmadDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Quaid-i-Azam University · PKUniversity of Azad Jammu and Kashmir · PKHelmholtz Zentrum München · DETechnical University of Munich · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo investigate the molecular basis of Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) in five consanguineous families of Pakistani origin.

methodsLinkage in two families (A and B) was established to

resultsSanger sequencing revealed two novel mutations and three previously reported mutations in the

conclusionsTwo novel mutations and three previously reported variants, identified in the present study, further extend the body of evidence implicating

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ConsanguinityMutationAbnormalities, MultipleAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAdolescentAdultBardet-Biedl SyndromeChaperoninsChildCodon, NonsenseCytoskeletal ProteinsDNA Mutational AnalysisFemaleFrameshift MutationGenetic LinkageGenetic TestingAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingBBS10 protein, humanBbs7 protein, humanChaperoninsCodon, NonsenseCytoskeletal ProteinsGroup II ChaperoninsMKKS protein, humanProteinsTTC8 protein, human

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