Acidic and Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor Messenger RNA and Protein Show Increased Expression in Adult Compared to Developing Normal and Dystrophic Rat Retina

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-25

  Bugra, Kuyas ^a   Hicks, David ^b  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

Author keywords

Fibroblast growth factors; Immunohistochemistry; Inherited retinal degeneration; Messenger RNA; Photoreceptors; Polymerase chain reaction; Retina

Indexed keywords

TRIXIS;

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; RETINA DEGENERATION; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031196503     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02789391     Document Type: Article

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