Myocilin expression in the astrocytes of the optic nerve head

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 276, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1129-1135

  Noda, Setsuko ^a   Mashima, Yukihiko ^b   Obazawa, Minoru ^a,b   Kubota, Ryo ^b   Oguchi, Yoshihisa ^b   Kudoh, Jun ^b   Minoshima, Shinsei ^b   Shimizu, Nobuyoshi ^b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Centrosome; Glaucoma; Immunoelectromicroscopic analysis; Myocilin; Optic nerve head; Porcine eye

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; PROTEIN MYOCILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SWINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0034609945     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.3591     Document Type: Article

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