The differences in the expressions of visual pigments and transducin in photoreceptor cell differentiation

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 233-240

  Ohguro, Hiroshi ^a,c   Kitamura, Kouichi ^a   Konari, Kenji ^a   Sohma, Hitoshi ^a   Fukada, Yoshitaka ^b   Akino, Toyoaki ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Developing retina; Immunohistochemistry; Phototransduction; Transducin; Visual pigments

Indexed keywords

TRANSDUCIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETINA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTORECEPTORS; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENTS; TRANSDUCIN;

EID: 0030101870     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.178.233     Document Type: Article

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