A 5-bp insertion in Mip causes recessive congenital cataract in KFRS4/Kyo rats.

A 5-bp insertion in Mip causes recessive congenital cataract in KFRS4/Kyo rats.

We discovered a new cataract mutation, kfrs4, in the Kyoto Fancy Rat Stock (KFRS) background. Within 1 month of birth, all kfrs4/kfrs4 homozygotes developed cataracts, with severe opacity in the nuclei of the lens. In contrast, no opacity was observed in the kfrs4/+ heterozygotes. We continued to ob...

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Main Authors: Kei Watanabe, Kenta Wada, Tomoko Ohashi, Saki Okubo, Kensuke Takekuma, Ryoichi Hashizume, Jun-Ichi Hayashi, Tadao Serikawa, Takashi Kuramoto, Yoshiaki Kikkawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3511373?pdf=render

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