Selective expression of endothelin 1 mRNA in rat retina

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 331-333

  Murata, Masatoshi ^a   Nakagawa, Michihiro ^a   Takahashi, Shigeki ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endothelin 1; Rat retina; Reverse transcriptase with polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN 2; ENDOTHELIN 3; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; RAT; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, DEAE-CELLULOSE; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELIN-2; ENDOTHELIN-3; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS; RNA, MESSENGER; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0031827891     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027318     Document Type: Article

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