Entactin modulates the attachment of rabbit corneal epithelial cells

Current Eye Research

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 733-738

  Mishima, Hiroshi ^a   Hibino, Tsuyoshi ^a   Hara, Hidenori ^a   Otori, Toshifumi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell attachment; Corneal epithelial cells; Entactin; Extracellular matrix; Laminin; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; ENTACTIN; FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0029761981     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713689609003456     Document Type: Article

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