Expression and localization of enzymes of arginine metabolism in the rat eye

Current Eye Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 313-321

  Koshiyama, Yasuo ^a   Gotoh, Tomomi ^a   Miyanaka, Kei ^a   Kobayashi, Tatsuhiko ^b   Negi, Akira ^a   Mori, Masataka ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arginase; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Nitric oxide; Ornithine aminotransferase

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; ARGININE; ARGININOSUCCINATE LYASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; CITRULLINE; COLLAGEN; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; ORNITHINE OXOACID AMINOTRANSFERASE; UREA;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CILIARY BODY; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IRIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINA GYRATE ATROPHY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033920703     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/0271-3683(200004)2041-5FT313     Document Type: Article

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