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Mapping of genetic modifiers of Nr2e3 rd7/rd7 that suppress retinal degeneration and restore blue cone cells to normal quantity.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Mar 2008
Haider Neena B, Zhang Weidong, Hurd Ron, Ikeda Akihiro, Nystuen Arne M, Naggert Jürgen K, Nishina Patsy M
Abstract excerpt
The retinal degeneration 7 (rd7) mouse, lacking expression of the Nr2e3 gene, exhibits retinal dysplasia and a slow, progressive degeneration due to an abnormal production of blue opsin-expressing cone cells. In this study we evaluated three strains of mice to identify alleles that would slow or ameliorate the retinal degeneration observed in Nr2e3 (rd7/rd7) mice. Our studies reveal that genetic background...
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