Differential expression of neural cell adhesion molecule isoforms in normal and glaucomatous human optic nerve heads

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 69-82

  Ricard, Cynthia S ^a   Pena, Janethe D O ^a   Hernandez, M Rosario ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Human optic nerve; Lamina cribrosa; Neural cell adhesion molecule; Reactive astrocyte

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFANT; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN VARIANT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; OPTIC DISK; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

EID: 0033395433     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(99)00264-8     Document Type: Article

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