Gene transfer of dominant-negative RhoA increases outflow facility in perfused human anterior segment cultures

Molecular Vision

Volumn 8, Issue , 2002, Pages 32-44

  Vittitow, Jason L ^a   Garg, Rahul ^a   Rowlette, Laura Leigh S ^a   Epstein, David L ^a   O'Brien, Edward T ^b   Borrás, Teresa ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 (5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONYL) 2 METHYLPIPERAZINE; ACTIN; ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; ASPARAGINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEXAMETHASONE; ETACRYNIC ACID; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LATRUNCULIN B; MUTANT PROTEIN; PAXILLIN; PLASMID DNA; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RNA; SODIUM EDECRIN; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINBLASTINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOSKELETON; ERROR; FLUORESCENCE; FOCAL ADHESION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; RNA EXTRACTION; SCHLEMM CANAL; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TURNOVER TIME; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; VIRAL GENE THERAPY; WILD TYPE;

ACTINS; ADENOVIRIDAE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PAXILLIN; PERFUSION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PRESSURE; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RNA, MESSENGER; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 0036974434     PISSN: 10900535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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