Early onset photoreceptor abnormalities induced by targeted disruption of the interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein gene

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4511-4520

  Liou, Gregory I ^a   Fei, Yijian ^a   Peachey, Neal S ^b,c   Matragoon, Suraporn ^a   Wei, Shuanghong ^d   Blaner, William S ^d   Wang, Youxiang ^d   Liu, Chengyu ^d   Gottesman, Max E ^d   Ripps, Harris ^e  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroretinography (ERG); Homologous recombination; Interphotoreceptor retinoid binding protein (IRBP); Photoreceptor degeneration; Retinal development; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

INTERPHOTORECEPTOR RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN; RETINOID; RETINOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EXON; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0032526453     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-12-04511.1998     Document Type: Article

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