Lipofuscin and A2E accumulate with age in the retinal pigment epithelium of Nrl -/- mice

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1373-1377

  Boyer, Nicholas P ^a   Tang, Peter H ^a   Higbee, Daniel ^a   Ablonczy, Zsolt ^a   Crouch, Rosalie K ^a   Koutalos, Yiannis ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUS;

A2-E (N-RETINYLIDENE-N-RETINYLETHANOLAMINE); BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; EYE PROTEIN; LIPOFUSCIN; NRL PROTEIN, MOUSE; PYRIDINIUM DERIVATIVE; RETINOID;

AGING; ANIMAL; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM;

AGING; ANIMALS; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; EYE PROTEINS; LIPOFUSCIN; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINOIDS;

EID: 84868198012     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2012.01127.x     Document Type: Article

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