Uveitogenic proteins isolated from bovine iris and ciliary body

Eye

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 206-208

  Simpson, Scott C ^a   Kaplan, Henry J ^a   Bora, Nalini S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliary body; Experimental autoimmune anterior uveitis (EAAU); Iris; Lewis rat; Melanin; Melanin associated protein

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; MELANIN; PROTEIN; PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; AUTOIMMUNITY; CATTLE; CILIARY BODY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETIOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRIDOCYCLITIS; IRIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

EID: 0030979543     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1997.52     Document Type: Conference Paper

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