Methylmercury targets photoreceptor outer segments

ACS Chemical Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2256-2263

  Korbas, Malgorzata ^a,b   Lai, Barry ^c   Vogt, Stefan ^c   Gleber, Sophie Charlotte ^c   Karunakaran, Chithra ^a   Pickering, Ingrid J ^b   Krone, Patrick H ^b   George, Graham N ^b  

^a CANADIAN LIGHT SOURCE INC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; DIETARY INTAKE; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; LARVA; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR OUTER SEGMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; PHARMACOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PINEAL BODY; POLLUTANT; RETINA; SPECTROMETRY;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; PINEAL GLAND; RETINA; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84886469369     PISSN: 15548929     EISSN: 15548937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cb4004805     Document Type: Article

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