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Leber congenital amaurosis caused by mutations in GUCY2D.
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine - 25 Sept 2014
Boye Shannon E
Abstract excerpt
Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of diseases that account for the most severe form of early-onset retinal dystrophy. Mutations in retinal guanylate cyclase-1 (GUCY2D) are associated with LCA1, a prevalent form. GUCY2D encodes guanylate cyclase-1 (GC1), a protein expressed in rod and cone photoreceptors that regulates cGMP and Ca(2+) levels within these cells....
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