Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Eye Institute (NEI)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01EY009738-03
Application #
2163453
Study Section
Visual Sciences C Study Section (VISC)
Project Start
1992-09-30
Project End
1997-09-30
Budget Start
1994-09-30
Budget End
1997-09-30
Support Year
3
Fiscal Year
1994
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
North Carolina State University Raleigh
Department
Veterinary Sciences
Type
Schools of Earth Sciences/Natur
DUNS #
City
Raleigh
State
NC
Country
United States
Zip Code
27695

  Publications

Li, Z Y; Wong, F; Chang, J H et al. (1998) Rhodopsin transgenic pigs as a model for human retinitis pigmentosa. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 39:808-19
Tso, M O; Li, W W; Zhang, C et al. (1997) A pathologic study of degeneration of the rod and cone populations of the rhodopsin Pro347Leu transgenic pigs. Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 95:467-79; discussion 479-83
Petters, R M; Alexander, C A; Wells, K D et al. (1997) Genetically engineered large animal model for studying cone photoreceptor survival and degeneration in retinitis pigmentosa. Nat Biotechnol 15:965-70
Petters, R M (1994) Transgenic livestock as genetic models of human disease. Reprod Fertil Dev 6:643-5
Huang, P C; Gaitan, A E; Hao, Y et al. (1993) Cellular interactions implicated in the mechanism of photoreceptor degeneration in transgenic mice expressing a mutant rhodopsin gene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 90:8484-8