Morphogenesis and renewal of cone outer segments

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 401-441

  Eckmiller, Marion Sangster ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROTUBULE; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA ROD; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; TELEOST; XENOPUS;

EID: 0030903316     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-9462(96)00026-2     Document Type: Review

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