Inhibitory Peptide of Mitochondrial μ-Calpain Protects against Photoreceptor Degeneration in Rhodopsin Transgenic S334ter and P23H Rats

• Taku Ozaki,

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hirosaki University Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki, Japan

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• Sei-ichi Ishiguro,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hirosaki University Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki, Japan

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• Satoshi Hirano,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hirosaki University Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki, Japan

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• Ayaka Baba,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hirosaki University Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki, Japan

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• Tetsuro Yamashita,

  Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, Iwate University Faculty of Agriculture, Morioka, Japan

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• Hiroshi Tomita,

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Iwate University Graduate School of Engineering, Morioka, Japan

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• Mitsuru Nakazawa

  * E-mail: mitsuru@cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan

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