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Mutation in the betaA3/A1-crystallin encoding gene Cryba1 causes a dominant cataract in the mouse.
Genomics - 15 Nov 1999
Graw J, Jung M, Löster J, Klopp N, Soewarto D, Fella C, Fuchs H, Reis A, Wolf E, Balling R, Hrabé de Angelis M
Abstract excerpt
During the mouse ENU mutagenesis screen, mice were tested for the occurrence of dominant cataracts. One particular mutant was discovered as a progressive opacity (Po). Heterozygotes show opacification of a superficial layer of the fetal nucleus, which progresses and finally forms a nuclear opacity. Since the homozygotes have already developed the total cataract at eye opening, the mode of inheritance is...
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