Altered expression of retinal molecular markers in the canine RPE65 model of leber congenital amaurosis

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 6793-6802

  Hernández, Maria ^a   Pearce Kelling, Susan E ^b   David Rodriguez, F ^c   Aguirre, Gustavo D ^d   Vecino, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONE OPSIN; MOLECULAR MARKER; RETINA S ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; RPE65 GENE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CIS-TRANS-ISOMERASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; EYE PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL NEURONS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM;

EID: 79955954515     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5213     Document Type: Article

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