Involvement of caspase-3 in photoreceptor cell apoptosis induced by in vivo blue light exposure

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 3349-3354

  Wu, Jiangmei ^a   Gorman, Adrienne ^a   Zhou, Xinghua ^a   Sandra, Ceccatelli ^a   Chen, Enping ^a  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; ENZYME PRECURSOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; COLOR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0036785874     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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