Transgenic Bcl-2 expressed in photoreceptor cells confers both death-sparing and death-inducing effects

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 711-721

  Quiambao, Alexander B ^a   Tan, Elaine ^a,b,c   Chang, Sandra ^a   Komori, Naoka ^d   Naash, Muna I ^a   Peachey, Neal S ^b,c   Matsumoto, Hiroyuki ^d   Ucker, David S ^a   Al Ubaidi, Muayyad R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Photoreceptors; Retina; SV40 T antigen; Transgenic mice; crystallin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; CASPASE; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CELL DEATH; CROSSING OVER; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA; RETINA ROD; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0035663182     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.2001.1083     Document Type: Article

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