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CrxRdy Cat: A Large Animal Model for CRX-Associated Leber Congenital Amaurosis.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Jul 2016
Occelli Laurence M, Tran Nicholas M, Narfström Kristina, Chen Shiming, Petersen-Jones Simon M
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PURPOSE: Mutations in the retinal transcription factor cone-rod homeobox (CRX) gene result in severe dominant retinopathies. A large animal model, the Rdy cat, carrying a spontaneous frameshift mutation in Crx, was reported previously. The present study aimed to further understand pathogenesis in this model by thoroughly characterizing the Rdy retina. METHODS: Structural and functional changes were found in a...
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