Cone photoreceptors in bass retina use two connexins to mediate electrical coupling

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 5632-5642

  O'Brien, John ^a,b   Nguyen, H Bao ^a,c   Mills, Stephen L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar cell; CAMP; Gap junction; Phosphorylation; Photoreceptors; Protein kinase A

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 34.7; CONNEXIN 35; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; NERVE CELL; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BASS; CONES (RETINA); CONNEXINS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; EYE PROTEINS; FISH PROTEINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 3042684180     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1248-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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