Initiation of impaired outer segment degradation in vivo using an antisense oligonucleotide

Current Eye Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 119-123

  Rakoczy, Piroska E ^a,d   Lai, May C ^a   Vijayasekaran, Sarojini ^a   Robertson, Terry ^b   Rapp, Laurence ^c   Papadimitriou, John ^b   Constable, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d LIONS EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antisense oligonucleotide; Lysosomal digestion; Photoreceptor processing; Retinal pigment epithelium RPE

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0030065892     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713689609017619     Document Type: Article

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