Modulation of retinal pigment epithelial cell behavior by Agaricus bisporus lectin

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3058-3062

  Wenkel, Hartmut ^a,b,c   Kent, David ^a   Hiscott, Paul ^a   Batterbury, Mark ^a   Groenewald, Carl ^a   Sheridan, Carl M ^a   Yu, Lu Gang ^a   Milton, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LECTIN;

AGARICALES; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LECTINS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; TRYPAN BLUE;

EID: 0032714259     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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