Photoreceptor rim protein: Partial sequences of cDNA show a high degree of similarity to ABC transporters

Current Eye Research

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 741-745

  Thomson, James L ^a   Brzeski, Henry ^a   Dunbar, Bryan ^b   Forrester, John V ^b   Fothergill, John E ^b   Converse, Carolyn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ATP binding cassette (ABC); Bovine; Photoreceptors; Retina; Rim protein; Transporters

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RETINA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTORECEPTORS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030861514     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.16.7.741.5060     Document Type: Article

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