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Genomic Organization of TBK1 Copy Number Variations in Glaucoma Patients.
Journal of glaucoma - 1 Dec 2017
DeLuca Adam P, Alward Wallace L M, Liebmann Jeffrey, Ritch Robert, Kawase Kazuhide, Kwon Young H, Robin Alan L, Stone Edwin M, Scheetz Todd E, Fingert John H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Approximately 1% of normal tension glaucoma (NTG) cases are caused by TANK-binding kinase 1 (TBK1) gene duplications and triplications. However, the precise borders and orientation of these TBK1 gene copy number variations (CNVs) on chromosome 12 are unknown. METHODS: We determined the exact borders of TBK1 CNVs and the orientation of duplicated or triplicated DNA segments in 5 NTG patients with...
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