A neuronal-specific mammalian homolog of the Drosophila retinal degeneration B gene with expression restricted to the retina and dentate gyrus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 7317-7325

  Lu, Changwan ^a   Vihtelic, Thomas S ^b   Hyde, David R ^b   Li, Tiansen ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Dentate gyrus; Hippocampus; PITP; RdgB; Retinal degeneration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; DENTATE GYRUS; DROSOPHILA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

DROSOPHILA;

EID: 0033198297     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-17-07317.1999     Document Type: Article

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