Molecular genetics of inherited retinal degenerations.
There has recently been substantial progress in categorizing the vast range of human retinal degeneration phenotypes. A molecular approach has assigned chromosomal locations for approximately a dozen such diseases and has identified four of the genes involved.
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Molecular Genetics Unit Division of Human Genetics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Inglehearn
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Curtis
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Bhattacharya
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D016117:Albinism, Ocular / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D015794:Choroideremia / Q000235:genetics; D003062:Codon; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D009755:Night Blindness / Q000235:genetics; D012162:Retinal Degeneration / Q000235:genetics*; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000235:genetics*; D014960:X Chromosome
D003062:Codon