Diurnal and circadian regulation of connexin 36 transcript and protein in the mammalian retina

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 821-829

  Katti, Christiana ^a   Butler, Rachel ^a   Sekaran, Sumathi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36; DOPAMINE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION AND TRANSLATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELATONIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84874691351     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-10375     Document Type: Article

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