Integrins in slow-cycling corneal epithelial cells at the limbus in the mouse

Stem Cells

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1075-1086

  Pajoohesh Ganji, Ahdeah ^a   Pal Ghosh, Sonali ^a   Simmens, Samuel J ^a   Stepp, Mary Ann ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion receptors; Integrins; Mouse

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTEGRIN; BETA1 INTEGRIN; BETA3 INTEGRIN; BETA4 INTEGRIN; BETA6 INTEGRIN; BROXURIDINE; INTEGRIN ALPHA 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALPHA3 INTEGRIN; ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; INTEGRIN; INTEGRIN ALPHA9; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CYCLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD29; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL CYCLE; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; INTEGRIN ALPHA CHAINS; INTEGRIN ALPHA3; INTEGRIN ALPHA6; INTEGRIN BETA4; INTEGRINS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROPIDIUM; STEM CELLS;

EID: 33745497922     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2005-0382     Document Type: Article

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