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Increased tubulin messenger RNA in the frog retina after optic nerve transection
T Mizobuchi1, Y Yagi, A Mizuno
1Department of Ophthalmology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Neuroscience Letters
|March 31, 1988
Abstract:
The optic nerve of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) was transected and the regeneration process was investigated. The nerve regeneration was confirmed by observing the extension of the axon and by examining the recovery of axonal transport. Following optic nerve transection, the rapid and transient increase of messenger RNA of alpha-tubulin gene was observed in the retina, but no specific change of actin messenger RNA was observed.