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Absence of glaucoma in DBA/2J mice homozygous for wild-type versions of Gpnmb and Tyrp1.
BMC genetics - 3 Jul 2007
Howell Gareth R, Libby Richard T, Marchant Jeffrey K, Wilson Lawriston A, Cosma Ioan M, Smith Richard S, Anderson Michael G, John Simon W M
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BACKGROUND: The glaucomas are a common but incompletely understood group of diseases. DBA/2J mice develop a pigment liberating iris disease that ultimately causes elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) and glaucoma. We have shown previously that mutations in two genes, Gpnmb and Tyrp1, initiate the...
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