Visual system maldevelopment disrupts extraocular muscle-specific myosin expression.

doi:10.1152/jappl.1998.85.2.584

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Visual system maldevelopment disrupts extraocular muscle-specific myosin expression.

Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) - 1 Aug 1998

Brueckner J K, Porter J D

Abstract excerpt

The genetic and epigenetic influences that are responsible for the establishment and maintenance of the unique phenotype of the extraocular muscles (EOMs) are poorly understood. A role for visual cues in shaping EOM maturation was assessed in rats by using two visual deprivation paradigms, dark r...

Topics

Animals
Blotting, Northern
Darkness
Immunohistochemistry
In Situ Hybridization
Isoenzymes
Myosin Heavy Chains
Myosins
Oculomotor Muscles
Oligonucleotide Probes
Phenotype
RNA, Messenger
Rats
Vision, Monocular
Vision, Ocular

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