A putative silencer variant in a spontaneous canine model of retinitis pigmentosa.

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is the leading cause of blindness with nearly two million people affected worldwide. Many genes have been implicated in RP, yet in 30-80% of the RP patients the genetic cause remains unknown. A similar phenotype, progressive retinal atrophy (PRA), affects many dog breeds in...

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Main Authors: Maria Kaukonen, Ileana B Quintero, Abdul Kadir Mukarram, Marjo K Hytönen, Saila Holopainen, Kaisa Wickström, Kaisa Kyöstilä, Meharji Arumilli, Sari Jalomäki, Carsten O Daub, Juha Kere, Hannes Lohi, DoGA Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-03-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008659