Identification and characterization of rod-derived cone viability factor

Nature Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 755-759

  Léveillard, Thierry ^a   Mohand Saïd, Saddek ^a   Lorentz, Olivier ^a   Hicks, David ^a   Fintz, Anne Claire ^a   Clérin, Emmanuelle ^a   Simonutti, Manuel ^a   Forster, Valérie ^a   Cavusoglu, Nükhet ^a   Chalmel, Frédéric ^b   Dollé, Pascal ^b   Poch, Olivier ^b   Lambrou, George ^c   Sahel, José Alain ^a,d  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; ROD DERIVED CONE VIABILITY FACTOR; THIOREDOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPIC VISION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISUAL ACUITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RNA, MESSENGER; THIOREDOXIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3042850903     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1386     Document Type: Article

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