The codon for arginine 49 was altered to cysteine by homologous recombination. A loxP flanked neomycin cassette was introduced between exon 1 and 2, then subsequently was deleted by crossing with cre expressing transgenic mice. Mass spectrometry analyses confirmed alpha-R49C mutant protein expression in the mutant lenses. (J:132296)
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cx: complex: > 1 genome feature ot: other: hemizygous, indeterminate,... (F): Female
(M): Male
N: normal phenotype
(#): related diseases count