Phagosome number and distribution in retinal pigment epithelial cells of vitiligo mutant mice

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-158

  Kosaras, Bela ^a   Sidman, Richard L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Microphthalmia gene; Mutant mice; Phagocytosis; Phagosome; Retinal degeneration; Retinal pigment epithelium; Rod outer segments

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHAGOSOME; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; VITILIGO;

EID: 0030218165     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0103     Document Type: Article

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