Impaired cone function and cone degeneration resulting from CNGB3 deficiency: Down-regulation of CNGA3 biosynthesis as a potential mechanism

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 4770-4780

  Ding, Xi Qin ^a,e   Harry, Cynthia S ^a   Umino, Yumiko ^b   Matveev, Alexander V ^a   Fliesler, Steven J ^c,d   Barlow, Robert B ^b  

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

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL A3; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL B3; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; OPSIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE VI; PHOSPHODIESTERASE VIC; PROTEIN GNAT2; S OPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPIC ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; RETINA CONE; RETINA CONE DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; RETINOPATHY; VISUAL ACUITY; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CATION CHANNELS; DOWN-REGULATION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; VISION, LOW;

MUS;

EID: 70450164177     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp440     Document Type: Article

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