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Mutation of the gene encoding cellular retinaldehyde-binding protein in autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa.
Nature genetics - 1 Oct 1997
Maw M A, Kennedy B, Knight A, Bridges R, Roth K E, Mani E J, Mukkadan J K, Nancarrow D, Crabb J W, Denton M J
Abstract excerpt
Inadequate levels of all-trans-retinol in the blood cause retinal dysfunction; hence, genes implicated in retinal vitamin-A metabolism represent candidates for inherited retinal degenerations. In the current study, molecular genetic analysis of a consanguineous pedigree segregating for non-syndromic autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa (arRP) indicated that the affected siblings were homozygous by descent for...
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