Defects in the outer limiting membrane are associated with rosette development in the Nrl -/- retina

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Stuck, Michael W ^a   Conley, Shannon M ^a   Naash, Muna I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GLIA; MOUSE; MULLER GLIA; NEURAL RETINAL LEUCINE ZIPPER GENE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OUTER NUCLEAR LAYER; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINA; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA ROD; RETINAL OUTER LIMITING MEMBRANE; SUBRETINAL SPACE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE; MOUSE MUTANT; NICK END LABELING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA CONE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BROXURIDINE; EYE PROTEIN; NRL PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; EYE PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MEMBRANES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 84858052916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032484     Document Type: Article

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