The Loss of Vacuolar Protein Sorting 11 (vps11) Causes Retinal Pathogenesis in a Vertebrate Model of Syndromic Albinism
Author(s) -
Jennifer L. Thomas,
Thomas S. Vihtelic,
Aaron D. denDekker,
Gregory B. Willer,
Xixia Luo,
Taylor R. Murphy,
Ronald G. Gregg,
David R. Hyde,
Ryan Thummel
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
investigative ophthalmology and visual science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1552-5783
pISSN - 0146-0404
DOI - 10.1167/iovs.10-5957
Subject(s) - zebrafish , biology , melanosome , retinal pigment epithelium , retinal , retina , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , mutant , gene , melanin , neuroscience , biochemistry
To establish the zebrafish platinum mutant as a model for studying vision defects caused by syndromic albinism diseases such as Chediak-Higashi syndrome, Griscelli syndrome, and Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS).
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