The role of opsin expression and apoptosis in determination of cone types in human retina

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1143-1154

  Cornish, Elisa E ^a,b   Xiao, Ming ^c,d   Yang, Zhantao ^c   Provis, Jan M ^a,b   Hendrickson, Anita E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Immunocytochemistry; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

OPSIN;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; MOSAICISM; NEWBORN; NICK END LABELING; OPTIC DISK; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; APOPTOSIS; CONES (RETINA); EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; OPSIN; OPTIC DISK;

EID: 1942487262     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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