Ultrastructural changes associated with accumulation of inclusion bodies in rat retinal pigment epithelium

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 4305-4312

  Okubo, A ^a   Sameshima, M ^a   Unoki, K ^a   Uehara, F ^a   Bird, A C ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CELL INCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LYSOSOME; NONHUMAN; PHAGOSOME; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATHEPSINS; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; INCLUSION BODIES; INJECTIONS; LEUCINE; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0033653796     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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