Different functional types of bipolar cells use different gap-junctional proteins

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 28, 2005, Pages 6696-6701

  Lin, Bin ^a   Jakobs, Tatjana C ^a   Masland, Richard H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cx36; Gap junctions; GFP; Mouse; ON bipolar cell; Retina

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36; CONNEXIN 45; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONES (RETINA); CONNEXINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RODS (RETINA);

EID: 22244479983     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1894-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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