Light exposure stimulates the activity of ganglioside glycosyltransferases of retina ganglion cells

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-111

  Bussolino, Daniela F ^a   Guido, Mario E ^a   Caputto, Beatriz L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GANGLIOSIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LACTOSYLCERAMIDE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; N ACETYLNEURAMINYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SYNTHESIS; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DARKNESS; DETERGENTS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GANGLIOSIDES; KINETICS; N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SONICATION;

EID: 0030915886     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-0186(96)00128-3     Document Type: Article

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