Retinoscleral control of scleral remodelling in refractive development: A role for endogenous FGF-2?

Cytokine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 344-348

  Gentle, Alex ^a   McBrien, Neville A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

FGF 2; FGFR 1; Myopia; Sclera; Tree shrew

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE REFRACTION; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REFRACTION ERROR; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA; SCLERA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; SORICIDAE; TUPAIA GLIS; TUPAIIDAE;

EID: 0036037497     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cyto.2002.1046     Document Type: Article

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