Cystatin C in the anterior segment of rat and mouse eyes

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 68-75

  Wassélius, Johan ^a   Håkansson, Katarina ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anterior segment of eye; Aqueous humour; Ciliary body; Cornea; Cystatin C; Cysteine protease; Iris; Lens

Indexed keywords

CYSTATIN C; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRIS; KERATINOCYTE; LENS EPITHELIUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; CYSTATINS; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IRIS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 1242275336     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-0420.2003.00178.x     Document Type: Article

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