Cloning, chromosomal localization and functional expression of the gene encoding the α-subunit of the cGMP-gated channel in human cone photoreceptors

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2512-2521

  Wissinger, Bernd ^a   Müller, Frank ^b   Weyand, Ingo ^b   Schuffenhauer, Simone ^c   Thanos, Solon ^a   Kaupp, U Benjamin ^b   Zrenner, Eberhart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

CNG channel; Gene structure; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIC GMP; ION CHANNEL; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL TYPE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE FIBER; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

XENOPUS;

EID: 0031428041     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01680.x     Document Type: Article

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