Subcellular distribution of connexin45 in OFF bipolar cells of the mouse retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 433-450

  Hilgen, Gerrit ^a   Von Maltzahn, Julia ^b   Willecke, Klaus ^b   Weiler, Reto ^a   Dedek, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amacrine cell; Bipolar cell; Connexin; Electrical synapse; Gap junction; Retina

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 45; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETINA; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS;

EID: 78650633316     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22526     Document Type: Article

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