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Mice with a D190N mutation in the gene encoding rhodopsin: a model for human autosomal-dominant retinitis pigmentosa.
Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) - 9 May 2012
Sancho-Pelluz Javier, Tosi Joaquin, Hsu Chun-Wei, Lee Frances, Wolpert Kyle, Tabacaru Mirela R, Greenberg Jonathan P, Tsang Stephen H, Lin Chyuan-Sheng
Abstract excerpt
Rhodopsin is the G protein-coupled receptor in charge of initiating signal transduction in rod photoreceptor cells upon the arrival of the photon. D190N (Rho(D190n)), a missense mutation in rhodopsin, causes autosomal-dominant retinitis pigmentosa (adRP) in humans. Affected patients present hyperfluorescent retinal rings and progressive rod photoreceptor degeneration. Studies in humans cannot reveal the molecular...
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