Mutations in the human retinal degeneration slow gene in autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa
- 1 December 1991
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 354 (6353) , 480-483
- https://doi.org/10.1038/354480a0
Abstract
The murine retinal degeneration slow (rds) gene is a semidominant mutation with a phenotype having rod and cone photoreceptors that develop abnormally and then slowly degenerate. The phenotype is a possible model for retinitis pigmentosa, one of the scores of hereditary human retinal degenerations, which is also characterized by photoreceptor degeneration. We report here three mutations of the human homologue of the rds gene (RDS) that cosegregate with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa in separate families. Our results indicate that some cases of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa are due to mutations at the RDS locus.Keywords
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