Expression of β-carotene 15,15′ monooxygenase in retina and RPE-choroid

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 44-49

  Bhatti, Rizwan A ^a   Yu, Shirley ^a   Boulanger, Ana ^a   Fariss, Robert N ^a   Guo, Yan ^b   Bernstein, Steven L ^b   Gentleman, Susan ^a   Redmond, T Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE 15,15' MONOOXYGENASE; CAROTENOID; LIPOFUSCIN; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; RETINAL; RETINOID; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CELL STRAIN COS7; CHOROID; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MONKEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BETA-CAROTENE 15,15'-MONOOXYGENASE; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CHOROID; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; MACACA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OXYGENASES; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0037247565     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.02-0167     Document Type: Article

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