Connexin36, an essential element in the Rod pathway, is highly expressed in the essentially rodless retina of Gallus gallus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 512, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 651-663

  Kihara, Alexandre H ^a,b   Paschon, V ^a   Cardoso, C M ^a   Higa, G S V ^a   Castro, L M ^a   Hamassaki, D E ^a   Britto, L R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Connexin; Dark adaptation; Development; Gap junction; Retina

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; CONNEXIN 36; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MONOCULAR DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; RETINA ROD; SYNAPSE; UPREGULATION; VERTEBRATE; VISION; WESTERN BLOTTING; AGING; ANIMAL; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; DARK ADAPTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETINA;

AGING; AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CONNEXINS; DARK ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; PHOTOPERIOD; RETINA; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 59049083701     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21920     Document Type: Article

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