Rhythmic expression of an egr-1 transgene in rats distinguishes two populations of photoreceptor cells in the retinal outer nuclear layer

Molecular Vision

Volumn 14, Issue , 2008, Pages 1176-1186

  Man, Pui San ^a   Evans, Tim ^a   Carter, David A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MELANOPSIN; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RATS; RHODOPSIN; TRANSGENES;

EID: 46349083319     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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