Heterogeneous endothelial cell structure along the porcine retinal microvasculature

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 379-389

  Yu, Paula K ^a   Yu, Dao Yi ^a   Alder, Valerie A ^a   Seydel, Ulrich ^b   Su, Er Ning ^a   Cringle, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

F actin; Retina; Rhodamine phalloidin; Vascular endothelium; YO PRO 1

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHALLOIDIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; SWINE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0030880681     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1997.0340     Document Type: Article

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