Rhodopsin mutations as the cause of retinal degeneration: Classification of degeneration phenotypes in the model system Drosophila melanogaster

Acta Anatomica

Volumn 162, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 85-94

  Bentrop, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal model; Drosophila; Mutation; Retinal degeneration; Rhodopsin

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE MUTATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RETINA DEGENERATION; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; POINT MUTATION; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RHODOPSIN;

EID: 0031771313     PISSN: 00015180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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