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Oxidative Stress in Retinal Degeneration Promoted by Constant LED Light by Benedetto, Maria M, Contin, Maria A

“…Light pollution by artificial light, might accelerate retinal diseases and circadian asynchrony. The excess of light exposure is a growing problem in…”
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Retinal Ganglion Cells Are Autonomous Circadian Oscillators Synthesizing N-Acetylserotonin during the Day by Garbarino-Pico, Eduardo, Carpentieri, Agata R., Contin, Maria A., Sarmiento, María I. Keller, Brocco, Marcela A., Panzetta, Pedro, Rosenstein, Ruth E., Caputto, Beatriz L., Guido, Mario E.

“…Retinal ganglion cells send visual and circadian information to the brain regarding the environmental light-dark cycles. We investigated the capability of…”
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Non-Visual Photopigments Effects of Constant Light-Emitting Diode Light Exposure on the Inner Retina of Wistar Rats by Benedetto, María M, Guido, Mario E, Contin, María A

“…The retina is part of the central nervous system specially adapted to capture light photons and transmit this information to the brain through photosensitive…”
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Early Appearance of Nonvisual and Circadian Markers in the Developing Inner Retinal Cells of Chicken by Díaz, Nicolás M., Morera, Luis P., Verra, Daniela M., Contin, María A., Guido, Mario E.

“…The retina is a key component of the vertebrate circadian system; it is responsible for detecting and transmitting the environmental illumination conditions…”
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Visual opsins: Physiological alteration promoted by led light by Benedetto, María M., Bruera, Manuel G., Guendulain, Gonzalo G., Contín, María A.

“…Rods are the most sensitive cells to light present in the retina, being therefore responsible for dim light vision. Light photons captured by the retina…”
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Rhythms of glycerophospholipid synthesis in retinal inner nuclear layer cells by Garbarino-Pico, Eduardo, Valdez, Diego J., Contín, María A., Pasquaré, Susana J., Castagnet, Paula I., Giusto, Norma M., Caputto, Beatriz L., Guido, Mario E.

“…The present study demonstrates that the biosynthesis of phospholipids in the inner nuclear layer cells of the chicken retina displays daily rhythms under…”
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Post-translational incorporation of the antiproliferative agent azatyrosine into the C-terminus of alpha-tubulin by Purro, Silvia A, Bisig, C Gastón, Contin, María A, Barra, Héctor S, Arce, Carlos A

“…Detyrosination/tyrosination of tubulin is a post-translational modification that occurs at the C-terminus of the alpha-subunit, giving rise to microtubules…”
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Incorporation of 3‐nitrotyrosine into the C‐terminus of α‐tubulin is reversible and not detrimental to dividing cells by Bisig, C. Gastón, Purro, Silvia A., Contín, María A., Barra, Héctor S., Arce, Carlos A.

“…The C‐terminus of the α‐chain of tubulin is subject to reversible incorporation of tyrosine by tubulin tyrosine ligase and removal by tubulin carboxypeptidase…”
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Tubulin carboxypeptidase/microtubules association can be detected in the distal region of neural processes by CONTIN, M. A, ARCE, C. A

“…The association of tubulin carboxypeptidase with microtubules has been demonstrated in crude brain extracts and in living non-nervous cells. Here, we studied…”
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Inhibitors of protein phosphatase 1 and 2A decrease the level of tubulin carboxypeptidase activity associated with microtubules by Contín, María A., Purro, Silvia A., Bisig, C. Gastón, Barra, Héctor S., Arce, Carlos A.

“…The association of tubulin carboxypeptidase with microtubules may be involved in the determination of the tyrosination state of the microtubules, i.e. their…”
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Association of tubulin carboxypeptidase with microtubules in living cells by CONTIN, María A., SIRONI, Juan J., BARRA, Héctor S., ARCE, Carlos A.

“…Tubulin carboxypeptidase is the enzyme that releases the C-terminal tyrosine from α-tubulin, converting tyrosine-terminated (Tyr) to detyrosinated (Glu)…”
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Association of tubulin carboxypeptidase with microtubules in living cells by Contin, M A, Sironi, J J, Barra, H S, Arce, C A

“…Tubulin carboxypeptidase is the enzyme that releases the C-terminal tyrosine from alpha-tubulin, converting tyrosine-terminated (Tyr) to detyrosinated (Glu)…”
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