Control of Drosophila opsin gene expression by carotenoids and retinoic acid: Northern and Western analyses

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 493-500

  Picking, Wendy L ^a   Chen, De Mao ^a   Lee, Ronnie D ^a,b   Vogt, Matthew E ^a   Polizzi, Joseph L ^a   Marietta, Robert G ^a   Stark, William S ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

mRNA; Northern analysis; retinoic acid; rhodopsin; transcription; vitamin A; Western blots

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; OPSIN; RETINOL; RHODOPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030296069     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0139     Document Type: Article

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