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Zonular defects in loxl1-deficient zebrafish.
Clinical & experimental ophthalmology - 1 Jan 2022
Zhang Min, Sun Shaoyang, Wang Lei, Wang Xu, Chen Tianhui, Chen Zexu, Jiang Yongxiang
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BACKGROUND: To investigate the roles of the lysyl oxidase-like 1 (loxl1) gene in zebrafish eye development and the potency of loxl1 deficiency in mimicking the ocular manifestations of exfoliation syndrome (XFS). METHODS: CRISPR/Cas9 technology was used to generate a frameshift coding deletion in zebrafish loxl1. Expression profiles and ocular manifestations of the wildtype, heterozygous mutant (loxl1+/- ) and...
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