Apolipoprotein J expression in human ocular surface epithelium

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2285-2292

  Nishida, Kohji ^a   Kawasaki, Satoshi ^a   Adachi, Wakako ^a   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

apolipoprotein J; corneal epithelium; gene expression; mucosal epithelium; ocular surface

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERIN;

APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLUSTERIN; COMPLEMENT INACTIVATOR PROTEINS; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; DNA PRIMERS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0029819299     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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