Opsin gene expression and regulation in retinal transplants

Brain Research

Volumn 718, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 124-128

  Hoover, F ^a,d   Reese, J S ^b   Radel, J D ^c   Goldman, D ^a   Hankin, M H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dark rearing; Development; In situ hybridization; Inner segment; Photoreceptor; Rat; Rod

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; OPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA;

EID: 0030005565     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00085-6     Document Type: Article

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