Postnatal developmental expression of glutamine and related amino acids in the rat retinas

Current Eye Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 662-668

  Ishikawa, Akira ^a,b   Shiono, Takashi ^a   Ishiguro, Sei Ichi ^a   Tamai, Makoto ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Ohtsuki Eye Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development; Glutamine; Immunocytochemistry; Muller cells; Rat retina

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MUELLER CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029843948     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713689609008907     Document Type: Article

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