MUC5AC mucin is a component of the human precorneal tear film

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-49

  Jumblatt, Marcia M ^a   McKenzie, Richard W ^a   Jumblatt, James E ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IONOMYCIN; MUCIN; MUCIN 5AC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TEAR FILM;

ADULT; AGED; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONJUNCTIVA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GOBLET CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IONOMYCIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TEARS;

EID: 0032910503     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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