Dystrophin and the dystrophin-associated glycoprotein, β-dystroglycan, co-localize in photoreceptor synaptic complexes of the human retina

Neuroscience

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 605-612

  Drenckhahn, D ^a   Holbach, M ^a   Ness, W ^a   Schmitz, F ^a   Anderson, L V B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dystrophin; photoreceptor; synapse; dystroglycan

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0029888512     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(96)00069-3     Document Type: Article

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