Myosin V in the retina: Localization in the rod photoreceptor synapse

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 613-619

  Schlamp, Cassandra L ^a,b   Williams, David S ^a,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Myosin; Photoreceptor; Retina; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MYOSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA OUTER MOLECULAR LAYER; RETINA ROD; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0030450156     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0155     Document Type: Article

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