A 221-bp fragment of the mouse opsin promoter directs expression specifically to the rod photoreceptors of transgenic mice

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 617-625

  Quiambao, Alexander B ^a,e   Peachey, Neal S ^b   Mangini, Nancy J ^a   Röhlich, Pal ^c   Hollyfield, Joe G ^d   Al Ubaidi, Muayyad R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e University of Illinois Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone photoreceptor; Opsin promoter; Retinal degeneration; T antigen; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031193714     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095252380001258X     Document Type: Article

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