Ret 1, a cis-acting element of the rat opsin promoter, can direct gene expression in rod photoreceptors

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2494-2504

  Yu, Xiu ^a,b   Leconte, Laurence ^a   Martinez, Julian A ^a   Barnstable, Colin J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

Forebrain; Opsin; Retina; Rod photoreceptor; Transcription factor; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

OPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; RETINA ROD;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0029806253     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.67062494.x     Document Type: Article

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