Function of MYO7A in the human RPE and the validity of shaker1 mice as a model for Usher syndrome 1B

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1130-1135

  Gibbs, Daniel ^a,b   Diemer, Tanja ^a,c   Khanobdee, Kornnika ^a,d   Hu, Jane ^c   Bok, Dean ^c,e,f   Williams, David S ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN VIIA; MYOSIN;

AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MELANOSOME; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SHAKER1 MOUSE; USHER SYNDROME; USHER SYNDROME 1B; VALIDITY; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DISEASE MODEL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOSOMES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYOSINS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RNA INTERFERENCE; ROD CELL OUTER SEGMENT; TRANSFECTION; USHER SYNDROMES;

EID: 77449156194     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4032     Document Type: Article

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