Cone-like morphological, molecular, and electrophysiological features of the photoreceptors of the Nrl knockout mouse

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2156-2167

  Daniele, Lauren L ^a   Lillo, Conception ^b,c   Lyubarsky, Arkady L ^a   Nikonov, Sergei S ^a   Philp, Nancy ^d   Mears, Alan J ^e   Swaroop, Anand ^e,f   Williams, David S ^b,c   Pugh Jr , Edward N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b San Diego   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA EYE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEANUT AGGLUTININ; RETINA S ANTIGEN; RHODOPSIN KINASE; TRANSDUCIN; VISUAL PIGMENT; BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; NRL PROTEIN, MOUSE; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; ARRESTIN; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONES (RETINA); DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PREGNANCY; RETINAL PIGMENTS; RHODOPSIN; TRANSDUCIN;

EID: 15244346017     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-1427     Document Type: Article

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