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Molecular Mechanisms Leading to Null-Protein Product from Retinoschisin (RS1) Signal-Sequence Mutants in X-Linked Retinoschisis (XLRS) Disease
31 Aug 2010
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Retinoschisin (RS1) is a cell-surface adhesion molecule expressed by photoreceptor and bipolar cells of the retina. The 24-kDa protein encodes two conserved sequence motifs: the initial signal sequence targets the protein for secretion while the larger discoidin domain is implicated in cell adhesion. RS1 helps to maintain the structural organization of the retinal cell layers and promotes visual signal...
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