Cone pigment gene expression in individual photoreceptors and the chromatic topography of the retina

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 527-537

  Hagstrom, Stephanie A ^a,b   Neitz, Maureen ^a   Neitz, Jay ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR VISION; ENZYMES; GENES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PIGMENTS; RNA; TISSUE;

PHOTORECEPTORS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

MESSENGER RNA; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOR VISION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINA; RETINA CONE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENTS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0034145720     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.000527     Document Type: Article

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