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- Received January 18, 2012
- Revision received March 14, 2012
- Accepted March 15, 2012
- First published May 9, 2012.
- Version of record published May 9, 2012.
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- Received January 18, 2012.
- Revision received March 14, 2012.
- Accepted March 15, 2012.
Editor's Note: Disease Focus articles provide brief overviews of a neural disease or syndrome, emphasizing potential links to basic neural mechanisms. They are presented in the hope of helping researchers identify clinical implications of their research. For more information, see http://www.jneurosci.org/misc/ifa_minireviews.dtl.
This work was supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Foundation Fighting Blindness, The Retina Research Foundation, and the Edward N. and Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation. I thank Claudio Punzo and Wenjun Xiong for their suggestions regarding the manuscript, and Santiago Rompani for help in preparing Figure 1. I am also grateful for stimulating discussions with many colleagues who work in the area of retinal degenerations, particularly Botond Roska, Jean Bennett, Elliot Berson, Bo Chen, Claudio Punzo, Wenjun Xiong, and Yashodore Chinchore.
- Correspondence should be addressed to Constance L. Cepko, Department of Genetics, Department of Ophthalmology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115. Cepko{at}genetics.med.harvard.edu
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