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A null mutation in the human peripherin/RDS gene in a family with autosomal dominant retinitis punctata albescens.
Nature genetics - 1 Mar 1993
Kajiwara K, Sandberg M A, Berson E L, Dryja T P
Abstract excerpt
The murine rds (retinal degeneration slow) allele is a semidominant null allele that causes photoreceptor degeneration. The wild-type sequence at the rds locus encodes a photoreceptor disc membrane protein named peripherin/RDS. Mutations in the homologous human peripherin/RDS gene can cause autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa, but these are missense mutations or deletions of single codons. No obvious null...
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