Expression of pax-6 in rhesus monkey of optical defocus induced myopia and form deprivation myopia

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 722-726

  Zhong, Xing Wu ^a   Ge, Jian ^a   Deng, Wen Gou ^b   Chen, Xiao Lian ^a   Huang, Juan ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emmetropization; Monkey; Optic nerve; Pax 6; Retina; Sclera

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID CLOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERMETROPIA; MONOCULAR DEPRIVATION; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHESUS MONKEY; SCLERA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MACACA MULATTA; MYOPIA; OPTIC NERVE; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCLERA;

EID: 2942618704     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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