Current progress in deciphering importance of VLC-PUFA in the retina

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 854, Issue , 2016, Pages 145-151

  Bennett, Lea D ^c   Anderson, Robert E ^a,b  

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

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

^c RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional KO mice; Cre; Dominant Stargardt s; ELOVL4; Retina; Rod and cone function; STGD3; Transgenic mice; VLC PUFA

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; ELONGATION OF VERY LONG FATTY ACID 4 PROTEIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; ELOVL4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; EYE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL FUNCTION; ELOVL4 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STARGARDT DISEASE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MACULAR DEGENERATION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; RETINA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; RETINA;

EID: 84943338992     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: 22148019     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-17121-0_20     Document Type: Chapter

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