Genetic ablation of cone photoreceptors eliminates retinal folds in the retinal degeneration 7 (rd7) mouse

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2799-2805

  Chen, Jichao ^a   Nathans, Jeremy ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN A; METHYLNITROSOUREA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN FRAGMENT A; OPSIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; SHORT WAVELENGTH OPSIN; SHORT-WAVELENGTH OPSIN; TRANSDUCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA FOLD; RETINOPATHY; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RETINA DISEASE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CONES (RETINA); DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MALE; METHYLNITROSOUREA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OPSIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL DISEASES; TRANSDUCIN; TRANSGENES;

EID: 34347251964     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0922     Document Type: Article

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