Focus on molecules: Keratocan (KERA)

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-184

  Chakravarti, Shukti ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornea; Cornea plana; Extracellular matrix; Keratocan; Proteoglycan

Indexed keywords

KERATOCAN;

CHROMOSOME 12Q; CORNEA DISEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FLAT CORNEA; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MICE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTEOGLYCANS;

EID: 31144462147     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2005.09.009     Document Type: Short Survey

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