Expression of α-gustducin in mammalian retinas

NeuroReport

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 146-149

  Son, Min Jeong ^a   Hu, Yung Jae ^a   Kim, Shin Ae ^a   Chun, Myung Hoon ^a   Kim, In Beom ^a   Kim, Man Soo ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gustducin; immunohistochemistry; retina; rod bipolar cell; signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GUSTDUCIN; HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA; RETINA ROD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASTE BUD; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 79551549335     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e328343701f     Document Type: Article

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