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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Vision Res. 2008 Sep 16;48(23-24):2425–2432. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2008.07.016

Table 1.

Genetic loci associated with dominant cone dystrophies. Column 1, chromosomal localization. Column 2, disease nomenclature according to RetNet. Column 3, Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) nomenclature. Column 4, gene symbol. Column 5, function of the gene product. Column 6, references.

Locus Symbol OMIM Gene Function Reference
6p21.1 CORD3 602093 GUCA1A Guanylate cyclase activator Review: (Baehr & Palczewski, 2007)
6q13 CORD7 603649 RIMS1 Function unknown; ribbon synapse-associated Johnson et al., 2003)
17p13.1 CORD6 601777 GUCY2D Photoreceptor guanylate cyclase (Perrault et al., 1996); review: (Baehr & Palczewski, 2007)
17p13.2 CORD5 600977 PITPNM3 involved in photoreceptor membrane renewal; Drosophila homolog is retinal degeneration B (rdgB) (Kohn et al., 2007)
17q11.2 604011 UNC119 Function unknown; localizes to rod and cone cytoplasm and ribbon synapses (Kobayashi et al., 2000)
18q21.1-q21.3 CORD1 600624 QRX Transcription factor (Wang et al., 2004)
19q13.3 CORD2 120970 CRX Transcription factor (Swain et al., 1997)