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Intracellular retention of mutant retinoschisin is the pathological mechanism underlying X-linked retinoschisis.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Nov 2002
Wang Tao, Waters Caroline T, Rothman Alex M K, Jakins Tracy J, Römisch Karin, Trump Dorothy
Abstract excerpt
X-linked retinoschisis results in visual loss in early life with splitting within the inner retinal layers. Many missense and protein truncating mutations of the causative gene RS1 (encoding retinoschisin) have been identified but disease severity is not mutation-dependent. Retinoschisin is a soluble secretory protein predicted to have a globular conformation. Missense mutations would be expected to interfere...
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