Identification and localization of connexin26 within the photoreceptor-horizontal cell synaptic complex

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 169-178

  Janssen Bienhold, Ulrike ^a   Schultz, Konrad ^a   Gellhaus, Alexandra ^a   Schmidt, Peter ^a   Ammermüller, Josef ^a   Weiler, Reto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gap junctions; Glutamate; Hemichannels; Synaptic plasticity; Synaptic ribbon

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARP; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; GAP JUNCTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARPS; CONNEXINS; DENDRITES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GAP JUNCTIONS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0035005748     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523801182015     Document Type: Article

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