Function of the protein RPE65 in the visual cycle

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 97-100

  Wolf, George ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b International Life Sciences Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

11 cis retinol; All trans retinol; All trans retinyl palmitate; Isomerohydrolase; Lecithin retinol acyl transferase; Lethicin; Retina; Retinal pigment epithelium; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN RPE65; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ISOMERIZATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; PALMITOYLATION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY; VISION;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; HUMANS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINA; VISION;

EID: 15044344343     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1301/nr.2005.mar.000-000     Document Type: Short Survey

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