Examination of VLC-PUFA-deficient photoreceptor terminals

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4063-4072

  Bennett, Lea D ^a,b   Hopiavuori, Blake R ^b,c   Brush, Richard S ^a,b   Chan, Michael ^a,b   Van Hook, Matthew J ^d   Thoreson, Wallace B ^d   Anderson, Robert E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ELOVL4; STDG3; VLC PUFA

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; VERY LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B WAVE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOSOME; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLTAGE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ELOVL4; STDG3; VLC-PUFA;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; LIPIDS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUTATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RETINA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOSOMES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84903973605     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-13997     Document Type: Article

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