CLRN1 is nonessential in the mouse retina but is required for cochlear hair cell development

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Geller, Scott F ^a   Guerin, Karen I ^a   Visel, Meike ^a   Pham, Aaron ^a   Lee, Edwin S ^a   Dror, Amiel A ^b   Avraham, Karen B ^b   Hayashi, Toshinori ^c   Ray, Catherine A ^c   Reh, Thomas A ^c   Bermingham McDonogh, Olivia ^c   Triffo, William J ^d   Bao, Shaowen ^a   Isosomppi, Juha ^e   Västinsalo, Hanna ^e   Sankila, Eeva Marja ^e,f   Flannery, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CLRN1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; USH3A PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTI ORGAN; DISEASE COURSE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAIR CELL; HISTOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA DEGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; C3H MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; MUS;

ANIMALS; COCHLEA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RETINA;

EID: 70149117792     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000607     Document Type: Article

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