Apoptosis in the corneal epithelium

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1017-1025

  Ren, Hongwei ^a   Wilson, Graeme ^b  

^a Univ of Texas SW Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

apoptosis; cell shedding; cornea; corneal epithelium; epithelial kinetics; programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; ETIOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SHEAR STRESS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CORNEA; DNA DAMAGE; EPITHELIUM; ETHIDIUM; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RABBITS;

EID: 0029882907     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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