Early Onset and Differential Temporospatial Expression of Melanopsin Isoforms in the Developing Chicken Retina

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 5111-5120

  Verra, Daniela M ^a   Contín, Maria Ana ^a   Hicks, David ^b   Guido, Mario E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MELANOPSIN; MESSENGER RNA; OPSIN; RHODOPSIN; THY 1 ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4; TRANSDUCIN; EYE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SCOTOPSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHICK EMBRYO; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; VISION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; EYE PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOPSIN; RNA, MESSENGER; ROD OPSINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 3; TRANSDUCIN; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 80052516816     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-75301     Document Type: Article

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