Cholesterol synthesis in the vertebrate retina: Effects of U18666A on rat retinal structure, photoreceptor membrane assembly, and sterol metabolism and composition

Lipids

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 289-296

  Fliesler, S J ^a,b   Richards, M J ^a   Miller, C Y ^a   Cenedella, R J ^a  

^a Anheuser Busch Eye Institute at St Louis University   (United States)

^b A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3BETA (2 DIETHYLAMINOETHOXY)ANDROST 5 EN 17 ONE; CHOLESTEROL; DESMOSTEROL; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR MEMBRANE; RAT; RETINA; STEROL METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034036391     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-000-0525-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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