Alternative splicing of neuroligin and its protein distribution in the outer plexiform layer of the chicken retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 4938-4962

  Wahlin, Karl J ^a   Hackler, Laszlo ^a   Adler, Ruben ^a   Zack, Donald J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chick; Development; Horizontal cell; Neurexin; Photoreceptor; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

NEUREXIN; NEUROLIGIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE STRUCTURE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; RETINA OUTER MOLECULAR LAYER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNAPTOGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; DENDRITES; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RETINA; SYNAPSES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 78049449079     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22499     Document Type: Article

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