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ABCA4 gene analysis in patients with autosomal recessive cone and cone rod dystrophies.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jul 2008
Kitiratschky Veronique B D, Grau Tanja, Bernd Antje, Zrenner Eberhart, Jägle Herbert, Renner Agnes B, Kellner Ulrich, Rudolph Günther, Jacobson Samuel G, Cideciyan Artur V, Schaich Simone, Kohl Susanne, Wissinger Bernd
Abstract excerpt
The ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters constitute a family of large membrane proteins, which transport a variety of substrates across membranes. The ABCA4 protein is expressed in photoreceptors and possibly functions as a transporter for N-retinylidene-phosphatidylethanolamine (N-retinylidene-PE), the Schiff base adduct of all-trans-retinal with PE. Mutations in the ABCA4 gene have been initially associated...
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