Loss of human disease protein retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator (RPGR) differentially affects rod or cone-enriched retina

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1345-1356

  Rao, Kollu N ^a   Li, Linjing ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Brush, Richard S ^b   Rajala, Raju V S ^b   Khanna, Hemant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; F ACTIN; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PROTEIN; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA GUANINE TRIPHOSPHATASE REGULATOR; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; STEARIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; RPGR PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 84963734609     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddw017     Document Type: Article

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