Expression of the candidate circadian photopigment melanopsin (Opn4) in the mouse retinal pigment epithelium

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 132-135

  Peirson, Stuart N ^a   Bovee Geurts, Petra H M ^b   Lupi, Daniela ^a   Jeffery, Glen ^c   DeGrip, Willem J ^b   Foster, Russell G ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological rhythms and sleep; Circadian; Melanopsin; Neural basis of behavior; Opn4; Photopigment; RPE

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN; RHODOPSIN; THY 1 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, THY-1; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OPSIN; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RNA, MESSENGER;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 1642284708     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbrainres.2004.01.007     Document Type: Article

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