Photoreceptor morphology is severely affected in the β,β- carotene-15,15′-oxygenase (bcox) zebrafish morphant

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-68

  Biehlmaier, Oliver ^a,c   Lampert, Johanna M ^b   Von Lintig, Johannes ^b   Kohler, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c University of Zurich Brain Research Institute   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Morpholino; Retina; Retinal pigment epithelium; Retinoic acid; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

BETA,BETA CAROTENE 15,15' OXYGENASE; EYE PROTEIN; OXYGENASE; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; PROTEIN ZPR1; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOL DERIVATIVE; RHODOPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; KNOCKOUT GENE; MICROPHTHALMIA; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOSOME; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; EMBRYO; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OXYGENASES; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RECEPTORS, MITOGEN; RETINA; RHODOPSIN; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 13244281765     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03830.x     Document Type: Article

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