Expression of Bcl-2 protects against photoreceptor degeneration in retinal degeneration slow (rds) mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2150-2154

  Nir, Izhak ^a   Kedzierski, Wojciech ^b   Chen, Jeannie ^c   Travis, Gabriel H ^b  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Rds mice; Rds peripherin; Retinal degeneration; Retinitis pigmentosa; Transgene

Indexed keywords

PERIPHERIN; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0242445177     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-06-02150.2000     Document Type: Article

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