TY - GEN AU - Gal,A AU - Li,Y AU - Thompson,D A AU - Weir,J AU - Orth,U AU - Jacobson,S G AU - Apfelstedt-Sylla,E AU - Vollrath,D TI - Mutations in MERTK, the human orthologue of the RCS rat retinal dystrophy gene, cause retinitis pigmentosa SN - 1061-4036 PY - 2000///1213 KW - Adult KW - Amino Acid Substitution KW - Animals KW - Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2 KW - genetics KW - Cloning, Molecular KW - Codon KW - Consanguinity KW - DNA Mutational Analysis KW - Disease Models, Animal KW - Exons KW - Eye Proteins KW - Female KW - Frameshift Mutation KW - Genes, Recessive KW - Humans KW - Introns KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Mutation, Missense KW - Phagocytosis KW - Point Mutation KW - Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational KW - Proto-Oncogene Proteins KW - RNA Splice Sites KW - Rats KW - Rats, Inbred Strains KW - Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases KW - deficiency KW - Retinal Degeneration KW - enzymology KW - Retinitis Pigmentosa KW - Rod Cell Outer Segment KW - pathology KW - Rodent Diseases KW - Sequence Deletion KW - Species Specificity KW - Terminator Regions, Genetic KW - c-Mer Tyrosine Kinase N1 - Publication Type: Case Reports; Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/81555 ER -