RPGR and RP2: Targets for the treatment of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa?

Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1239-1251

  Veltel, Stefan ^a,b   Wittinghofer, Alfred ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cilia; Gene therapy; Photoreceptor cells; Retinal diseases; Retinitis pigmentosa; RP2; RPGR; Small GTPases

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; NEPHROCYSTIN 5; NEPHROCYSTIN 6; PROTEIN; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA 2 PROTEIN; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA GTPASE REGULATOR; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA GTPASE REGULATOR INTERACTING PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; NEPHRONOPHTHISIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW;

EYE PROTEINS; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC DISEASES, X-LINKED; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 70349383006     PISSN: 14728222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14728220903225016     Document Type: Review

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