A model of best vitelliform macular dystrophy in rats

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3733-3739

  Marmorstein, Alan D ^a,b   Stanton, J Brett ^a,b   Yocom, John ^a,b   Bakall, Benjamin ^c   Schiavone, Marc T ^b   Wadelius, Claes ^c   Marmorstein, Lihua Y ^a,b   Peachey, Neal S ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; BESTROPHIN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

A WAVE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B WAVE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; C WAVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA MACULA VITELLIFORM DEGENERATION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PLASMIDS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RETINA; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 4644353452     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-0307     Document Type: Article

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