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Disruption of the gene encoding the beta1-subunit of transducin in the Rd4/+ mouse.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Apr 2006
Kitamura Eiko, Danciger Michael, Yamashita Clyde, Rao Nagesh P, Nusinowitz Steven, Chang Bo, Farber Debora B
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The Rd4/+ mouse inherits an autosomal dominant retinal degeneration that cosegregates with a large inversion spanning nearly all of mouse chromosome 4 (Chr 4). This inversion is homozygous lethal. The hypothesis for the study was that disruption of a gene at one of the two breakpoints in the Rd4 chromosome is responsible for the retinal degeneration. The purpose was to identify the disrupted gene....
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