Seizure-related gene 6 (Sez-6) in amacrine cells of the rodent retina and the consequence of gene deletion

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Gunnersen, Jenny M ^a   Kuek, Annabel ^a   Phipps, Joanna A ^a   Hammond, Vicki E ^a   Puthussery, Theresa ^a   Fletcher, Erica L ^a   Tan, Seong Seng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SEIZURE RELATED GENE 6 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NERVE PROTEIN; SEZ 6 PROTEIN, RAT; SEZ-6 PROTEIN, RAT; SEZ6 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE DELETION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; RODENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENE DELETION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA;

EID: 68449103550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006546     Document Type: Article

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