Disruption of retinoid-related orphan receptor β changes circadian behavior, causes retinal degeneration and leads to vacillans phenotype in mice

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 3867-3877

  André, Elisabeth ^c   Conquet, François ^d   Steinmayr, Markus ^e   Stratton, Sharon C ^a   Porciatti, Vittorio ^b   Becker André, Michael ^c  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SERONO PHARMACEUTICAL RES INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d GlaxoSmithKline   (Switzerland)

^e BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circadian; Fertility; Nuclear receptor; Retina; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAIT; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCTION; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHENOTYPE; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032527749     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.14.3867     Document Type: Article

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