Photoreceptor coupling is controlled by connexin 35 phosphorylation in zebrafish retina

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 48, 2009, Pages 15178-15186

  Li, Hongyan ^a   Chuang, Alice Z ^a   O'Brien, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 35 PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAP JUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; ZEBRA FISH;

8-BROMO CYCLIC ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONNEXINS; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SERINE; THIONUCLEOTIDES; VISUAL PATHWAYS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 72449147468     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3517-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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