Polygenic disease and retinitis pigmentosa: Albinism exacerbates photoreceptor degeneration induced by the expression of a mutant opsin in transgenic mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 7853-7858

  Naash, Muna I ^a   Ripps, Harris ^a   Li, Shihong ^a   Goto, Yoshinobu ^b,c   Peachey, Neal S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

albinism; dark rearing; electroretinogram; pigmented mice; retinitis pigmentosa; rhodopsin density; transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; RHODOPSIN;

ALBINISM; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0029850012     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-24-07853.1996     Document Type: Article

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