Zebrafish Rpgr is required for normal retinal development and plays a role in dynein-based retrograde transport processes

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 657-670

  Shu, Xinhua ^a   Zeng, Zhiqiang ^b   Gautier, Philippe ^a   Lennon, Alan ^a   Gakovic, Milica ^a   Patton, E Elizabeth ^a,b   Wright, Alan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ISOPROTEIN; PROTEIN RPGR; PROTEIN ZFRPGR1; PROTEIN ZFRPGR2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; RPGR PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; MICROPHTHALMIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR OUTER SEGMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINA MALFORMATION; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; RNA TRANSLATION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RETINA; RETINA DISEASE;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DYNEINS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 77950343938     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp533     Document Type: Article

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