Müller cells in developing rats with inherited retinal dystrophy

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 157-166

  Kimura, Nobuhiko ^a   Nishikawa, Shimpei ^a   Tamai, Makoto ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development; Dystrophic rat; GFAP; Glutamine synthetase (GS); M ller cell

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC DISORDER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RAT; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; STAINING;

ANIMALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RATS; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0034219873     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.191.157     Document Type: Article

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