Analysis of expressed sequence tags of retinal pigment epithelium: Cystatin C is an abundant transcript

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 417-426

  Paraoan, Luminita ^a   Grierson, Ian ^a   Maden, B Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cystatin C; Expressed sequence tags; Gene expression; Retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

CYSTATIN C; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRECURSOR; RETINA;

CELLS, CULTURED; CYSTATINS; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE LIBRARY; HUMANS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

EID: 0034174478     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(99)00143-0     Document Type: Article

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