Ontogenic changes of kynurenine aminotransferase I activity and its expression in the chicken retina

Vision Research

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1513-1517

  Rejdak, Robert ^a   Zielinska, Elzbieta ^d   Shenk, Yana ^a   Turski, Waldemar A ^b   Okuno, Etsuo ^c   Zarnowski, Tomasz ^d   Zagorski, Zbigniew ^d   Zrenner, Eberhart ^a   Kohler, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^c WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Kynurenic acid; Kynurenine aminotransferase I; M ller cell; Retinal development

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; KYNURENINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA;

EID: 0038054116     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(03)00233-5     Document Type: Article

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