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Loss of retinitis pigmentosa 2 (RP2) protein affects cone photoreceptor sensory cilium elongation in mice.
Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.) - 1 Sept 2015
Li Linjing, Rao Kollu Nageswara, Zheng-Le Yun, Hurd Toby W, Lillo Concepción, Khanna Hemant
Abstract excerpt
Degeneration of photoreceptors (rods and cones) results in blindness. As we rely almost entirely on our daytime vision mediated by the cones, it is the loss of these photoreceptors that results in legal blindness and poor quality of life. Cone dysfunction is usually observed due to two mechanisms: noncell-autonomous due to the secondary effect of rod death if the causative gene is specifically expressed in rods...
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