Partial characterization of the human retinal endothelial cell tight and adherens junction complexes

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2479-2485

  Russ, Patricia K ^a   Davidson, Mari K ^b   Hoffman, Loren H ^c   Haselton, Frederick R ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; OCCLUDIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; CATTLE; CELL CONTACT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD; BETA CATENIN; BLOOD-RETINAL BARRIER; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CADHERINS; CATTLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RETINAL VESSELS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0031732526     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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