RET-RGS, a retina-specific regulator of G-protein signaling, is located in synaptic regions of the rat retina

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 269, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-44

  Faurobert, Eva ^a   Scotti, Antony ^b   Hurley, James B ^b   Chabre, Marc ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

G protein; Immunolocalization; Regulator of G protein signaling; Retina

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSDUCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RETINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; EYE PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; PHOTORECEPTORS; RATS; RETINA; RGS PROTEINS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0033516589     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00423-1     Document Type: Article

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