Activation of caspase-3 in the retina of transgenic rats with the rhodopsin mutation S334ter during photoreceptor degeneration

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 4778-4785

  Liu, Changdong ^a   Li, Yiwen ^a   Peng, Min ^a   Laties, Alan M ^a   Wen, Rong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caspase 3; Degeneration; Photoreceptors; Retina; Rhodopsin mutation; Transgenic rat; Z DEVD fmk

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE INHIBITOR; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; MUTANT PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EYE PROTECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA DEGENERATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

EID: 0033564046     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-12-04778.1999     Document Type: Article

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