Immunodetection of connexins and cadherins in corneal fibroblasts and myofibroblasts

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1740-1748

  Petridou, Sevastiani ^a   Masur, Sandra K ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cadherins; connexins; corneal stroma; corneal wound healing

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CADHERIN; CATENIN; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; FIBROBLAST; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ALPHA CATENIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BETA CATENIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CADHERINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; CORNEA; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RABBITS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0029788631     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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