This case series investigates if variants in the FZD4 gene are associated with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) with extraocular features.

Bacteriocins are ribosomally synthesized antimicrobial peptides produced by bacteria as a means to compete in an ecological niche.Bacteriocin production is widespread among prokaryotes (Dobson, Cotter, Ross, & Hill, 2012), and recent genome mining studies suggest that most Gram-positive bacteria harbor genes encoding bacteriocin production (Alvarez-Sieiro, Montalbán-López, Mu, & Kuipers, 2016;Zhao & Kuipers, 2016). The bacteriocins produced by lactic acid bacteria have been extensively studied due to their importance within the food industry as both starter cultures and natural biopreservatives (