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In Vivo Assessment of Potential Therapeutic Approaches for USH2A-Associated Diseases.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2019
Pendse Nachiket D, Lamas Veronica, Pawlyk Basil S, Maeder Morgan L, Chen Zheng-Yi, Pierce Eric A, Liu Qin
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in USH2A gene account for most cases of Usher syndrome type II (USH2), characterized by a combination of congenital hearing loss and progressive vision loss. In particular, approximately 30% of USH2A patients harbor a single base pair deletion, c.2299delG, in exon 13 that creates a frameshift and premature stop codon, leading to a nonfunctional USH2A protein. The USH2A protein, also known as usherin, is...
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