R9AP overexpression alters phototransduction kinetics in iCre75 mice

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1339-1347

  Sundermeier, Thomas R ^a   Vinberg, Frans ^c   Mustafi, Debarshi ^a   Bai, Xiaodong ^b   Kefalov, Vladimir J ^c   Palczewski, Krzysztof ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cre recombinase; Mouse; Phototransduction; R9AP; Retina; Rod photoreceptors

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; OPSIN; RGS PROTEIN; RGS9 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FUSION GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOSS; GENE MAPPING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTOMETER; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ROD; RGS9 ANCHOR PROTEIN GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSGENE; UPREGULATION;

CRE RECOMBINASE; MOUSE; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; R9AP; RETINA; ROD PHOTORECEPTORS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTEGRASES; LIGHT SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84895879945     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-13564     Document Type: Article

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