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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2020

Syntaxin 3 is essential for photoreceptor outer segment protein trafficking and survival.

Mashal Kakakhel, Lars Tebbe, Mustafa S Makia, Shannon M Conley, David M Sherry, Muayyad R Al-Ubaidi, Muna I Naash

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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31 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mashal KakakhelDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204.
Lars TebbeDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204.
Mustafa S MakiaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204.
Shannon M ConleyDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104.
David M SherryDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104.ORCID 0000-0003-1568-0611
Muayyad R Al-UbaidiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204; malubaid@central.uh.edu mnaash@central.uh.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-4914-350X
Muna I NaashDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204; malubaid@central.uh.edu mnaash@central.uh.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6534-5144
University of Houston · USCenter for Neurosciences · US

Funding

Visualizing insulin actions on neuronal metabolism and function using fluorescent biosensorsP20GM125528 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI Veronica Galvan, William Edmund Sonntag · 2019 to 2026
$17.8M
Supplement for: Mechanism of Photoreceptor Cell Degeneration in Animal Models of Retinal DiseasesR01EY010609 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI MUAYYAD R AL-UBAIDI, Muna I. Naash · 1995 to 2026
$11.0M
Mechanism of photoreceptor cell degeneration in animal models of retinal diseasesR56EY010609 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI NAASH, MUNA I. · 2008 to 2008
$479k
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY010609NEI NIH HHS R56 EY010609NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM125528
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trafficking of photoreceptor membrane proteins from their site of synthesis in the inner segment (IS) to the outer segment (OS) is critical for photoreceptor function and vision. Here we evaluate the role of syntaxin 3 (STX3), in trafficking of OS membrane proteins such as peripherin 2 (PRPH2) and rhodopsin. Photoreceptor-specific

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AnimalsGene Knockdown TechniquesMicePeripherinsPhotoreceptor Cells, VertebrateProtein TransportQa-SNARE ProteinsRetinal Photoreceptor Cell Inner SegmentRetinal Photoreceptor Cell Outer SegmentRhodopsinSNARE ProteinsPeripherinsPrph2 protein, mouseQa-SNARE ProteinsRhodopsinSNARE ProteinsPrph2retinal degenerationSNAREssyntaxin 3tetraspanin

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PMID32778589
PMCPMC7456102
OpenAlexW3048386213

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