Xenopus laevis P23H rhodopsin transgene causes rod photoreceptor degeneration that is more severe in the ventral retina and is modulated by light

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 612-621

  Zhang, Rui ^a   Oglesby, Ericka ^b   Marsh Armstrong, Nicholas ^a,b  

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

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

P23H; retinitis pigmentosa; rhodopsin; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENE; WILD TYPE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RHODOPSIN; RNA, MESSENGER; RODS (RETINA); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 41049099874     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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