Expression of secretory mucin genes by human conjunctival epithelia

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1684-1692

  Inatomi, Tsutomu ^a   Spurr Michaud, Sandra ^a   Tisdale, Ann S ^a   Zhan, Qian ^a   Feldman, Sandy T ^b   Gipson, Ilene K ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

conjunctiva; gene expression; goblet cell; mucin (MUC)

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; MUCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TEAR FILM;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CONJUNCTIVA; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0029761055     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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