Initiation of rod outer segment disc formation requires RDS.

Rod outer segment (OS) morphogenesis involves assembly of flattened discs circumscribed by a hairpin-like rim, however, the role of the rim and rim proteins such as retinal degeneration slow (RDS) and its homologue rod OS membrane protein-1 (ROM-1) in this process remains unclear. Here we show that...

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Main Authors: Dibyendu Chakraborty, Shannon M Conley, Muayyad R Al-Ubaidi, Muna I Naash
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4045911?pdf=render