Rhodopsin, violet and blue opsin expressions in the chick are highly dependent on tissue and serum conditions

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 159-168

  Jacob, Vanessa ^a   Rothermel, Andrée ^a   Wolf, Peter ^a   Layer, Paul G ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Photoreceptors; Retina, chick embryonic; Retinal reaggregates

Indexed keywords

BLUE OPSIN; GREEN OPSIN; OPSIN; RED OPSIN; RHODOPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIOLET OPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CHICK EMBRYO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; OPSIN; RETINA; RHODOPSIN; SERUM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27544472719     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088244     Document Type: Article

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