#2084 photoreceptor connecting cilium
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abnormal photoreceptor connecting cilium morphology as a child of “abnormal nonmotile primary cilium morphology [MP:0013205]”
DEF: any structural anomaly of the nonmotile primary cilium that has a 9+0 microtubule array and forms the portion of the axoneme traversing the boundary between the retinal photoreceptor inner and outer segments.
From J:214319
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Definition above is based on GO term: photoreceptor connecting cilium [GO:0032391]
see also Figure 4 Nature Reviews Genetics 11, 273-284 | doi:10.1038/nrg2717
Alternative definition for photoreceptor connecting cilium:
The bridge between the inner and the outer segments of a retinal rod or a cone photoreceptor cell. Through it, proteins synthesized in the inner segment are transported to the outer segment.
Anna