Molecular identification and immunolocalization of the water channel protein aquaporin 1 in CBCECs

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1288-1292

  Li, Jun ^a   Kuang, Kunyan ^a   Nielsen, Søren ^b   Fischbarg, Jorge ^a  

^a Department of Ophthalmology College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA OPACITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER FLOW; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0032947548     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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