Presence of tear lipocalin and other major proteins in lacrimal fluid of rabbits

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-117

  Azzarolo, Ana Maria ^a   Brew, Keith ^a   Kota, Smitha ^a   Ponomareva, Olga ^a   Schwartz, Jonathan ^a   Zylberberg, Claudia ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Epithelial cells; Female; Interstitial cells; Lacrimal fluid; Lipophilin; N terminal sequence; Rabbit; Tear lipocalin; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; LIPOCALIN; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ACINAR CELL; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LACRIMAL FLUID; LEYDIG CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCUS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RABBIT; SALIVA; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 2942546418     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2004.02.012     Document Type: Article

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