β-Galactosidase histochemistry and telomere loss in senescent retinal pigment epithelial cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 197-202

  Matsunaga, Hiroshi ^a   Handa, James T ^a   Aotaki Keen, Amy ^a   Sherwood, Steven W ^b   West, Michael D ^b,c   Hjelmeland, Leonard M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GERON CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Origen Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BROXURIDINE;

ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL LABELING; CELL POPULATION; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELOMERE;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; DNA REPLICATION; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; INFANT; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0032962519     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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