Expression of aquaporins in the rat ocular tissue

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 203-209

  Patil, Rajkumar V ^a   Saito, Isao ^a   Yang, Xun ^a   Wax, Martin B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aquaporins; mRNA; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOROID; CILIARY BODY; CORNEA; IRIS; LENS; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA;

EID: 0031080640     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0196     Document Type: Article

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