Using siRNA to define functional interactions between melanopsin and multiple G Protein partners

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 165-179

  Hughes, Steven ^a   Jagannath, Aarti ^a,b   Hickey, Doron ^a   Gatti, Silvia ^b   Wood, Matthew ^c   Peirson, Stuart N ^a   Foster, Russell G ^a   Hankins, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

G protein; Gene silencing; Melanopsin; Phototransduction; Pupilometry

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CRE RECOMBINASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; INTEGRASE; MELANOPSIN; MESSENGER RNA; SCOTOPSIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; C3H MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIGHT; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL; RADIATION RESPONSE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTEGRASES; LIGHT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PUPIL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; ROD OPSINS;

EID: 84939896656     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-014-1664-6     Document Type: Article

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