Retinal degeneration in transgenic mice with photoreceptor-specific expression of a dominant-negative fibroblast growth factor receptor

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1679-1688

  Campochiaro, Peter A ^a,b   Chang, Michelle ^a   Ohsato, Masahiko ^a   Vinores, Stanley A ^a   Nie, Zuquin ^a   Hjelmeland, Leonard ^d   Mansukhani, Alka ^e   Basilico, Claudio ^e   Zack, Donald J ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

dominant negative mutation; fibroblast growth factor receptors; fibroblast growth factors; photoreceptors; retinal degeneration; rhodopsin promoter; trophic factors

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA DEGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0029915274     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-05-01679.1996     Document Type: Article

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