Differential expression of two distinct functional isoforms of melanopsin (Opn4) in the mammalian retina

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 39, 2009, Pages 12332-12342

  Pires, Susana S ^a   Hughes, Steven ^a   Turton, Michael ^a   Melyan, Zare ^a   Peirson, Stuart N ^a   Zheng, Lei ^a   Kosmaoglou, Maria ^b   Bellingham, James ^c   Cheetham, Michael E ^b   Lucas, Robert J ^c   Foster, Russell G ^a   Hankins, Mark W ^a   Halford, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPN4L GENE; OPN4S GENE; PHOTOACTIVATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RATS; RETINA; ROD OPSINS;

EID: 70349610334     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2036-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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