Rpe65 is necessary for production of 11-cis-vitamin A in the retinal visual cycle

Nature Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 344-351

  Redmond, T Michael ^a   Yu, Shirley ^a   Lee, Eric ^b   Bok, Dean ^c   Hamasaki, Duco ^d   Chen, Ning ^e   Goletz, Patrice ^e   Ma, Jian Xing ^e   Crouch, Rosalie K ^e   Pfeifer, Karl ^b  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11 CIS RETINAL; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHROMATOPHORE; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ROD; VISION; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; ESTERS; EYE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINS; RETINA; RHODOPSIN; RODS (RETINA); VISION; VITAMIN A;

EID: 17344366357     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/3813     Document Type: Article

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