Hyaluronan synthase in trabecular meshwork cells

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 357-360

  Usui, T ^b   Nakajima, F ^b   Ideta, R ^b   Kaji, Y ^b   Suzuki, Y ^b   Araie, M ^b   Miyauchi, S ^c   Heldin, P ^d   Yamashita, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SEIKAGAKU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYALURONAN SYNTHASE; HYALURONIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BB; SYNTHETASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HYALURONIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRANSFERASES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UP-REGULATION; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0037341657     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.3.357     Document Type: Article

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