Endothelin protein expression in tear glands of the rabbit

Current Eye Research

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 768-773

  Takashima, Yasuyuki ^a   Takagi, Hitoshi ^a   Takahashi, Masayo ^a   Reinach, Peter S ^b   Mircheff, Austin K ^c   Warren, Dwight W ^c   Yoshimura, Nagahisa ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endothelin; Harderian gland; Immunohistochemistry; Lacrimal gland; Polymerase chain reaction; Rabbit; Tear fluid

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN; ENDOTHELIN 1;

ACINAR CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HARDER GLAND; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LACRIMAL FLUID; LACRIMAL GLAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RABBIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0029781272     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713689609003461     Document Type: Article

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