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Retinal degeneration in the rd mouse in the absence of c-fos.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Nov 1998
Hafezi F, Abegg M, Grimm C, Wenzel A, Munz K, Stürmer J, Farber D B, Remé C E
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PURPOSE: Apoptosis is the final common death pathway of photoreceptors in light-induced retinal degeneration and in several animal models for retinal dystrophy. To date, little is known about gene regulation of apoptosis in the retina. The expression of the immediate early gene c-fos is upregulated concomitant with apoptosis in light-induced photoreceptor degeneration and in the rd mouse, an animal model for...
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