Vitamin a deficiency alters the expression of mucin genes by the rat ocular surface epithelium

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 82-88

  Tei, Mamoru ^a   Spurr Michaud, Sandra J ^a   Tisdale, Ann S ^a   Gipson, Ilene K ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MUCIN; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GOBLET CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; CONJUNCTIVA; DNA PRIMERS; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MUCINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0033989118     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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