Morphological evidence of a temporal parallelism between the appearance of
the oc isoform of protein kinase C (PKC) and some processes such as synapto
genesis in the plexiform layers of the chicken retina is offered. Immunosta
ining experiments were performed throughout embryonic, young and adult chic
ken life. The results help to understand the development of rod bipolar cel
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