An x-ray diffraction investigation of corneal structure in lumican-deficient mice

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1750-1756

  Quantock, A J ^a   Meek, K M ^a   Chakravarti, S ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; LUMICAN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORNEA OPACITY; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; KERATAN SULFATE; MICE; MUTATION; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0034940621     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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