Mammalian homolog of Drosophila retinal degeneration B rescues the mutant fly phenotype

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 5881-5890

  Chang, Jinghua T ^a   Milligan, Scott ^c   Li, Yuanyuan ^a   Chew, Christian E ^a   Wiggs, Janey ^d   Copeland, Neal G ^e   Jenkins, Nancy A ^e   Campochiaro, Peter A ^a,b   Hyde, David R ^c   Zack, Donald J ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Phosphatidylinositol transfer protein; Photoreceptors; Phototransduction; Retina; Retinal degeneration; Retinal degeneration B

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME 19; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION;

EID: 0030843871     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-15-05881.1997     Document Type: Article

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