Characterization of putative stem cell populations in the cornea using synchrotron infrared microspectroscopy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2417-2421

  German, Matthew J ^a,b,d   Pollock, Hubert M ^b   Zhao, Bojun ^a   Tobin, Mark J ^c   Hammiche, Azzedine ^b   Bentley, Adam ^a   Cooper, Leanne J ^a   Martin, Francis L ^a   Fullwood, Nigel J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

ADULT STEM CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; COW; CRYOBIOLOGY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TISSUE SECTION; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CORNEA LIMBUS; CYCLOTRON; CYTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYCLOTRONS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STEM CELLS;

EID: 33745677281     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-1254     Document Type: Article

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