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Ciliopathy-associated IQCB1/NPHP5 protein is required for mouse photoreceptor outer segment formation.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 1 Oct 2016
Ronquillo Cecinio C, Hanke-Gogokhia Christin, Revelo Monica P, Frederick Jeanne M, Jiang Li, Baehr Wolfgang
Abstract excerpt
Null mutations in the human IQCB1/NPHP5 (nephrocystin-5) gene that encodes NPHP5 are the most frequent cause of Senior-Løken syndrome, a ciliopathy that is characterized by Leber congenital amaurosis and nephronophthisis. We generated germline Nphp5-knockout mice by placing a β-Geo gene trap in intron 4, thereby truncating NPHP5 at Leu87 and removing all known functional domains. At eye opening, Nphp5-/- mice...
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