Glycoproteins of trabecular meshwork, cornea and sclera

Eye

Volumn 12, Issue 3 A, 1998, Pages 440-448

  Chapman, S A ^a   Ayad, S ^a   O'Donoghue, E ^b   Bonshek, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Manchester Royal Eye Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Cornea; Extracellular matrix; Sclera; Trabecular meshwork; Type VI collagen

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 6; FIBRONECTIN; GLYCAN; GLYCOPROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CORNEA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LECTIN BINDING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCLERA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 0031855979     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1998.102     Document Type: Article

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