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Photoreceptor Gene Function

Photoreceptor Gene Function is an area of study within ocular genetics that examines how genes expressed in retinal photoreceptor cells regulate their development, morphology, phototransduction and homeostasis, and how alterations in these genes contribute to inherited retinal disease.

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Induction of Ectopic Eyes by Targeted Expression of the <i>eyeless</i> Gene in <i>Drosophila</i>

Georg Halder, Patrick Callaerts, Walter J. Gehring · Science · 1995 · 1.6K citations

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A toolbox of Cre-dependent optogenetic transgenic mice for light-induced activation and silencing

Linda Madisen, Tianyi Mao, Henner Koch et al. · Nature Neuroscience · 2012 · 1.5K citations

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HY4 gene of A. thaliana encodes a protein with characteristics of a blue-light photoreceptor

Margaret Ahmad, Anthony R. Cashmore · Nature · 1993 · 1.3K citations

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Molecular characterization of the drosophila trp locus: A putative integral membrane protein required for phototransduction

Craig Montell, Gerald M. Rubin · Neuron · 1989 · 1.1K citations

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A point mutation of the rhodopsin gene in one form of retinitis pigmentosa

Thaddeus P. Dryja, Terri L. McGee, Elias Reichel et al. · Nature · 1990 · 1.1K citations

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Authors

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  1. SG
    Samuel G. Jacobson

    Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, United States

    45 publications · 7.4K citations

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  2. AS
    Anand Swaroop

    National Eye Institute, United States

    34 publications · 4.2K citations

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  3. AV
    Artur V. Cideciyan

    Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, United States

    32 publications · 4.1K citations

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    William W. Hauswirth

    University of Florida, United States

    30 publications · 3.4K citations

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    Eliot L. Berson

    Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, United States

    24 publications · 4.1K citations

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Institutions

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  1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    65 h-index

    261 publications

    54.9K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    51 h-index

    260 publications

    42.7K citations

  3. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    46 h-index

    309 publications

    38.9K citations

  4. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

    Boston, United States

    45 h-index

    188 publications

    40.8K citations

  5. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    44 h-index

    247 publications

    29.9K citations

  6. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    40 h-index

    186 publications

    26.7K citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    40 h-index

    275 publications

    26.4K citations

  8. Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

    Philadelphia, United States

    38 h-index

    197 publications

    24.7K citations

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  1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 102 publications · 15.9K citations

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  2. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science

    IOVS · 94 publications · 4.8K citations

    45

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  3. Neuron

    46 publications · 9.7K citations

    44

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  4. Journal of Biological Chemistry

    JBC · 67 publications · 4.7K citations

    39

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  5. Human Molecular Genetics

    53 publications · 4.2K citations

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