BINDING AND MEMBRANE ASSOCIATION OF RETINA

我们对发育中的神经细胞的位置信号很感兴趣 负责神经元终末分化的系统。 具体来说，我们对脊椎动物视网膜细胞的作用感兴趣 识别蛋白(R-Coginin)和那些与R-相互作用的蛋白质 科尼金。细胞表面的R-科尔蒙复合体是细胞信号吗 帮助确定细胞所采取的分化途径的机制 小鸡胚胎视网膜神经元？小鸡的视网膜提供了一个有用的模型 这是因为它很大，很容易接触，而且没有血管。我们 有四个具体目标。1)确认两国之间的关系 鸡肉多功能蛋白和R-科尔蒙。2)确定 R-香豆素蛋白的序列。3)确定R-科尔京蛋白是怎样的 与视网膜细胞表面相关。已经很清楚了，R-Cogin 在视网膜组织中有一个独特的细胞表面位置，这可能是 对我们理解R-相关蛋白抗体如何影响 视网膜中GAD和ChAT活性的发育增加。4)至 确定发育中的视网膜中显示和 R-香豆素的合成。通过研究一种特定的分子 视网膜中的神经发生，我们寻求对神经元的基本了解 决心。这是关于建立和稳定的基础研究 但是，它将帮助我们理解 视网膜再生的能力，并提供有关如何 胚胎发育或出生后早期的异常决定可能会影响 视网膜随后对创伤作出反应的能力或可能 在后来的生活中出现的视觉疾病是其基础。

We are interested in the position signaling in the developing nervous system that is responsible for terminal differentiation of neurons. Specifically, we are interested in the roles of a vertebrate retinal cell recognition protein (R-cognin) and those proteins which interact with R- cognin. Is the R-cognin complex at the cell surface a cell signaling mechanism that helps determine the differentiation pathway taken by the embryonic chick retinal neurons? The chick retina provides a useful model system for this because it is large, easily accessible and avascular. We have four specific aims. 1) To confirm the relationship between the chicken multifunctional proteins and R-cognin. 2) To determine the sequence of the R-cognin protein. 3) To determine how R-cognin protein is associated with the retina cell surface. It is already clear that R-cognin has a unique cell surface location in retina tissue, which is likely to be critical for our understanding of how antibody to R-cognin affects developmental increases in GAD and ChAT activity in retina. 4) To determine the cell types in the developing retina that display and synthesize R-cognin. By investigating one specific molecule underlying neurogenesis in retina, we seek a basic understanding of neuronal determination. This is basic research on the establishment and stability of the differentiated state; however, it will help us understand the capacity of the retina for regeneration and provide clues about how abnormal decisions in embryogenesis or early postnatal life might affect the ability of retina to subsequently respond to trauma or which might underlie pathologies in vision that appear later in life.