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Retinal Degeneration and Failure of Photoreceptor Outer Segment Formation in Mice with Targeted Deletion of the Joubert Syndrome Gene, Ahi1
30 Jun 2010
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Vertebrate photoreceptors have a modified cilium composed of a basal body, axoneme and outer segment. The outer segment includes stacked membrane discs, containing opsin and the signal transduction apparatus mediating phototransduction. In photoreceptors, two distinct classes of vesicles are trafficked. Synaptic vesicles are transported down the axon to the synapse, whereas opsin-containing vesicles are...
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