Cone survival despite rod degeneration in XOPS-mCFP transgenic zebrafish

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4762-4771

  Morris, Ann C ^a   Schroeter, Eric H ^b   Bilotta, Joseph ^c   Wong, Rachel O L ^b   Fadool, James M ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN XOPS MCFP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONES (RETINA); DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOPSIN; RODS (RETINA); TRANSGENES; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 33644812285     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-0797     Document Type: Article

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