Molecular Basis of an Inherited Form of Incomplete Achromatopsia

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 138-147

  Tränkner, Dimitri ^a   Jägle, Herbert ^b   Kohl, Susanne ^b   Apfelstedt Sylla, Eckart ^b   Sharpe, Lindsay T ^b,c   Kaupp, U Benjamin ^a   Zrenner, Eberhart ^b   Seifert, Reinhard ^a   Wissinger, Bernd ^b,d  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Molekulargenetisches Labor   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ca 2+ permeation; CNG channel; CNGA3 gene; CNGB3 gene; Cone photoreceptor; Vision

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CASE REPORT; CHANNEL GATING; CNGA3 GENE; COLOR BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETINA CONE; SIBLING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0842322749     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3883-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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