 Rpe65 is necessary for production of 11-cis-vitamin A in the retinal visual cycle by T. M. Redmond and others

Nature Genetics20(1998),344–351; DOI10.1038/3813. Initial-only first byline retained. Abstract: Rpe65-deficient mice, electroretinography, absent rhodopsin despite opsin apoprotein, altered retinoid composition. Distinguishes necessity in this knockout model from proof of every biochemical step.