Expression of CNTF Receptor-α in Chick Violet-Sensitive Cones with Unique Morphologic Properties

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 655-661

  Seydewitz, Vera ^a   Rothermel, Andrée ^b   Fuhrmann, Sabine ^c   Schneider, Anikó ^a   DeGrip, Willem J ^d   Layer, Paul G ^b   Hofmann, Hans Dieter ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Inst of Anatomy and Cell Biology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICK EMBRYO; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CONES (RETINA); FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; RECEPTOR, CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

EID: 0942287241     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0182     Document Type: Article

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