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University of California Irvine: UCI researchers reveal molecular mechanisms underlying mutations within the eye that lead to blindness

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For the first time, University of California, Irvine researchers in collaboration with the Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry have revealed at a molecular level, key structural determinants of the highly specialized rod outer segment (ROS) membrane architecture of the eye, which is instrumental to vision. Published in eLife, the study, titled “Determinants shaping the nanoscale architecture […]