Retinopathy induced in mice by targeted disruption of the rhodopsin gene

Nature Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 216-219

  Humphries, Marian M ^a   Rancourt, Derrick ^c   Farrar, G Jane ^a   Kenna, Paul ^a,b   Hazel, Mark ^c   Bush, Ronald A ^d   Sieving, Paul A ^d   Sheils, Denise M ^a   McNally, Niamh ^a   Creighton, Peter ^a   Erven, Alexandra ^a   Boros, Andras ^e   Gulya, Karoly ^e   Capecchi, Mario R ^c   Humphries, Peter ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; RETINOPATHY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENE TARGETING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RHODOPSIN; ROD OUTER SEGMENTS;

EID: 0031045876     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0297-216     Document Type: Article

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