Genetic Dissection of TAM Receptor-Ligand Interaction in Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cell Phagocytosis

Neuron

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1123-1132

  Burstyn Cohen, Tal ^a   Lew, Erin D ^b   Través, Paqui G ^b   Burrola, Patrick G ^b   Hash, Joseph C ^b   Lemke, Greg ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; CRE RECOMBINASE; GROWTH ARREST SPECIFIC PROTEIN 6; NESTIN; PROTEIN S; PROTEIN TRP1; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TAM RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PHAGOCYTOSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR OUTER SEGMENT; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LIGANDS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; PROTEIN S; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RETINAL PHOTORECEPTOR CELL OUTER SEGMENT; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 84871382164     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.10.015     Document Type: Article

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