Zebrafish cacna1fa is required for cone photoreceptor function and synaptic ribbon formation

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2981-2994

  Jia, Sujuan ^a   Muto, Akira ^b,d   Orisme, Wilda ^a   Henson, Hannah E ^a,c   Parupalli, Chaithanyarani ^a   Ju, Bensheng ^a   Baier, Herwig ^b,e   Taylor, Michael R ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CACNA1FA PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CACNA1F PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA CONE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ZEBRA FISH; ADULT; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; EMBRYOLOGY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MYOPIA; NIGHT BLINDNESS; RETINA; RETINA ROD; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE DISEASES, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, X-LINKED; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; NIGHT BLINDNESS; RETINA; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SYNAPSES; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84899992312     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddu009     Document Type: Article

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