LRAT	Lecithin:retinol acetyltransferase
AAV	Adeno-associated virus
ANOVA	Analysis of variance
BSA	Bovine Serum Albumin
c.12delA	Deletion of coding nucleotide 12 adenosine
c.12delC	Deletion of coding nucleotide 12 cytosine
cDNA	Complementary DNA
CRISPR/Cas9	Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats/CRISPR associated protein 9
DAPI	4’,6-Diamidino-2-Phenylindole
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic acid
EF1A	Elongation factor 1-alpha
ERG	Electroretinography
Faster R-CNN	Faster recursive convolutional neural networks
gRNA	Guide RNA
INL	Inner nuclear layer
IPL	Inner plexiform layer
KO	Knockout
LCA	Leber Congenital Amaurosis
Mertk	Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase MER
mRNA	messenger RNA
O.C.T.	Optimal cutting temperature
OCT	Optical coherence tomography
ONL	Outer nuclear layer
OP	Oscillatory potentials
ORF	Open reading frame
p.M5CfsX53	Frameshift from aminoacid 5 onwards (methionine) resulting in a premature stopcodon 53 aminoacids downstream
p.M5CfsX72	Frameshift from aminoacid 5 onwards (methionine) resulting in a premature stopcodon 72 aminoacids downstream
PBS	Phosphate-buffered saline
PCR	Polymerase chain reaction
PFA	Paraformaldehyde
PR	Photoreceptor
QLT091001	9-cis-retinyl acetate
RBP3	Retinoid-binding protein
RCS	Royal College of Surgeons
RD	Retinal degeneration
RDH	Retinol dehydrogenase
RNA	Ribonucleic acid
RP	Retinitis Pigmentosa
RPA	Retinitis Punctata Albescens
RPE	Retinal pigment epithelium
RPE65	Retinal pigment epithelium-specific protein 65 kDa
RT	Room temperature
RT-PCR	Reverse transcriptase—polymerase chain reaction
SD-OCT	Spectral domain optical coherence tomography
Ser	Serine
sgRNA	Single guide RNA
SLO	Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy
ssODN	Single-stranded oligonucleotide
UTR	Untranslated region