INTERPHOTORECEPTOR RETINOID-BINDING PROTEIN IN RETINAL ROD CELLS AND PINEAL-GLAND

  • 1 May 1986
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 27  (5) , 844-850
Abstract
Immunoelectron microscopic staining demonstrates Interphotoreceptor Retinoid-Binding Protein (IRBP) in monkey rod cell cytoplasm with virtually none in cone cells. The pineal also contains significant amounts of IRBP demonstrating a similarity of pinealocytes to rod but not cone photoreceptors.