The R172W mutation in peripherin/rds causes a cone-rod dystrophy in transgenic mice

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Peripherin/rds (P/rds) is a membrane glycoprotein essential for the photoreceptor outer segment disc morphogenesis and maintenance. More than half of the disease-causing mutations in P/rds have been linked to different forms of macular dystrophy; the most common one is substitution of tryptophan for arginine at position 172 (R172W). Here we confirm the patient phenotype associated with the expression of R172W...

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