Biochemical characterization of cell specific enzymes in light-exposed rat retinas: Oxidative loss of all-trans retinol dehydrogenase activity

Current Eye Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 144-151

  Darrow, Robert A ^a   Darrow, Ruth M ^a   Organisciak, Daniel T ^a,b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamine synthetase; Light damage; Rat; Retinal enzymes; Retinol dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; DIMETHYLTHIOUREA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; RETINOL DEHYDROGENASE; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; GLIA CELL; LIGHT; MALE; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DARK ADAPTATION; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; LIGHT; MALE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOPERIOD; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; ROD OUTER SEGMENTS; STEREOISOMERISM; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 0031043771     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.16.2.144.5092     Document Type: Article

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