Growth, morphology, morphometry and keratin patterns of bovine corneal epithelial cells cultured in vitro

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 545-551

  Parnigotto, Pier Paolo ^a   Bassani, Valeria ^a   Gottardo, Andrea ^a   Conconi, Maria Teresa ^a   Valenti, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bovine corneal epithelium; In vitro; Keratins; Keratocytes; Morphometrical analysis

Indexed keywords

KERATIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0030480768     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(96)80114-2     Document Type: Article

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