Mislocalized rhodopsin does not require activation to cause retinal degeneration and neurite outgrowth in Xenopus laevis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 203-209

  Tam, Beatrice M ^a   Xie, Guifu ^b   Oprian, Daniel D ^b   Moritz, Orson L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

G protein coupled receptors; Photoreceptors; Retina; Retinitis pigmentosa; Rhodopsin; Transgenics

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN; TRANSDUCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATOPHORE; GENE MUTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; ROSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; FEMALE; MALE; NEURITES; POINT MUTATION; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RHODOPSIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 30644475101     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3849-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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