An ultrastructural investigation into proteoglycan distribution in human corneas

Cornea

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 396-402

  Bairaktaris, George ^a   Lewis, David ^a   Fullwood, Nigel J ^a   Nieduszynski, Ian A ^a   Marcyniuk, Borys ^b   Quantock, Andrew J ^c   Ridgeway, Alan E A ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cornea; Immunogold; Organ culture; Proteoglycans; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

PROTEOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHONDROITIN SULFATES; CORNEA; DEXTRANS; HEPARITIN SULFATE; HUMANS; KERATAN SULFATE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0031781222     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199807000-00010     Document Type: Article

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