Hyaluronan synthases, hyaluronan and its CD44 receptors in the posterior segment of rabbit eye

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 219, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 287-291

  Murata, Masatoshi ^a,b   Horiuchi, Saburo ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mitake Eye Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

CD44; Choroid; Hyaluronan; Hyaluronan synthetase; Retina; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; HERMES ANTIGEN; HYALURONAN SYNTHASE; HYALURONIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOROID; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; CHOROID; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYALURONIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; RABBITS; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 23944508536     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086113     Document Type: Article

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