Induction of tyrosinase gene transcription in human iris organ cultures exposed to latanoprost

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 853-860

  Lindsey, James D ^b   Jones, Heather L ^b   Hewitt, Eleanore G ^b   Angert, Mila ^b   Weinreb, Robert N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; LATANOPROST; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IRIS; ORGAN CULTURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 0034991530     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.119.6.853     Document Type: Article

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