title: Congenital cataracts: gene mapping.
abstract: Congenital cataracts are one of the major causes of induced blindness in children. Gene mapping is an important step in understanding the molecular defects of congenital cataracts. Some congenital cataract genes have been mapped, and more genes will be located and identified in the future. The locations and candidate locations of congenital cataract genes are discussed in this review.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA. whe@bcm.tmc.edu
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002386:Cataract / Q000151:congenital* / Q000235:genetics*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003459:Crystallins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008957:Models, Genetic; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D003459:Crystallins; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid; C082927:retinoic acid binding protein I, cellular