Targeted inactivation of dystrophin gene product Dp71: Phenotypic impact in mouse retina

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1543-1554

  Dalloz, Cécile ^a   Sarig, Rachel ^b   Fort, Patrice ^a   Yaffe, David ^b   Bordais, Agnès ^a   Pannicke, Thomas ^c   Grosche, Jens ^c   Mornet, Dominique ^d   Reichenbach, Andreas ^c   Sahel, José ^a   Nudel, Uri ^b   Rendon, Alvaro ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; BETA DYSTROGLYCAN; DYSTROGLYCAN; DYSTROPHIN; GENE PRODUCT; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; PROTEIN DP71; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UTROPHIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; B WAVE; BLOOD VESSEL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MUELLER CELL; NERVE CELL; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA; RETINA ISCHEMIA; REVIEW; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DYSTROGLYCANS; DYSTROPHIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GANGLIA; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KINETICS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NEUROGLIA; PHENOTYPE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RETINA; UTROPHIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 10744227341     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddg170     Document Type: Review

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