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Electroretinographic anomalies in mice with mutations in Myo7a, the gene involved in human Usher syndrome type 1B.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Mar 2001
Libby R T, Steel K P
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PURPOSE: In humans, mutations in the gene encoding myosin VIIa can cause Usher syndrome type 1b (USH1B), a disease characterized by deafness and retinitis pigmentosa. Myosin VIIa is also the gene responsible for the inner ear abnormalities at the shaker1 (sh1) locus in mice. To date, none of the...
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