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A 16.7 kb deletion in Sipa1l3 is associated with juvenile cataract in mice.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Dec 2017
Walker Lianna R, Tosky Emily R, Sutton Kylee M, Griess Rhonda, Abebe Marytza D, Barnes Sarah Y, Cunnigham Tom, Kachman Stephen D, Nielsen Merlyn K, Ciobanu Daniel C
Abstract excerpt
Congenital or juvenile cataract is a disease condition in which opacification of the lenses is present at birth or manifests early in life. It has been attributed to different monogenic factors with a high degree of heterogeneity and is often studied using mouse models. A spontaneous mutation was identified in a mouse line selected for heat loss that influenced lens formation and resulted in juvenile cataracts in...
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