Spatial and temporal alterations in the collagen fibrillar array during the onset of transparency in the avian cornea

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 909-915

  Connon, Che J ^a,b,c   Meek, Keith M ^a,b   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^c   Quantock, Andrew J ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chick cornea; Collagen; Corneal development; Corneal stroma; Corneal transparency; Proteoglycans

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; DEHYDRATION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOWL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; STROMA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 1642462141     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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