Retarding photoreceptor degeneration in Pdeg(tm1)/Pdeg(tm1) mice by an apoptosis suppressor gene

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 943-950

  Tsang, Stephen H ^a   Chen, Jeannie ^b   Kjeldbye, Hild ^a   Li, Wen Song ^a   Simon, Melvin I ^c   Gouras, Peter ^a   Goff, Stephen P ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

apoptosis; BCL2; degeneration; knockout; phosphodiesterase; retina; transgenic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION;

3',5'-CYCLIC-GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BCL-2; GENES, SUPPRESSOR; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHOTORECEPTORS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

EID: 0030948540     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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