Phenotypic heterogeneity of retinal pigment epithelial cells in vitro and in situ

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-73

  Burke, Janice M ^a   Skumatz, Christine M B ^a   Irving, Pamela E ^a   McKay, Brian S ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

cell junctions; cytoskeleton; epithelial cell shape; pigment epithelium; tyrosine phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029919541     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0008     Document Type: Article

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