Three-dimensional supramolecular organization of the extracellular matrix in human and rabbit corneal stroma, as revealed by ultrarapid-freezing and deep-etching methods

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 123-135

  Hirsch, Michel ^a   Prenant, Genevieve ^a   Renard, Gilles ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Deep etching; Extracellular matrix; Human and rabbit corneas; Macromolecules; Stereo pair micrographs; Stroma; Transmission electron microscopy; Ultrarapid freezing

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; COLLAGEN TYPE 6; FIBRONECTIN; HELIUM; LIQUID NITROGEN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA STROMA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FREEZE FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RABBIT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE FIXATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0034781276     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.2000.0935     Document Type: Article

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