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Identification of an outer segment targeting signal in the COOH terminus of rhodopsin using transgenic Xenopus laevis.
The Journal of cell biology - 25 Dec 2000
Tam B M, Moritz O L, Hurd L B, Papermaster D S
Abstract excerpt
Mislocalization of the photopigment rhodopsin may be involved in the pathology of certain inherited retinal degenerative diseases. Here, we have elucidated rhodopsin's targeting signal which is responsible for its polarized distribution to the rod outer segment (ROS). Various green fluorescent protein (GFP)/rhodopsin COOH-terminal fusion proteins were expressed specifically in the major red rod photoreceptors of...
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