Region specific mitochondrial gene expression in the human retina

Brain Research

Volumn 744, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 143-146

  Bernstein, Steven L ^a,b   Borst, Diane E ^c   Wong, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

differential gene expression; fovea; mitochondria; retina

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MITOCHONDRION; NORMAL HUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CONES (RETINA); DNA PROBES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAD; RNA, MESSENGER; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0031015755     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)00947-X     Document Type: Article

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