Arrestin and phosducin are expressed in a small number of brain cells

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 112-120

  Sunayashiki Kusuzaki, Kosaku ^a   Kikuchi, Takanobu ^a   Wawrousek, Eric F ^b   Shinohara, Toshimichi ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gal expression; Arrestin; Brain; Phosducin; Pinealocyte; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BRAIN PROTEIN; MELATONIN; PHOSDUCIN; RETINA S ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; HABENULA; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PINEALOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ARRESTIN; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BRAIN; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN REGULATORS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0030730927     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(97)00247-7     Document Type: Article

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