A2E, a fluorophore of RPE lipofuscin, can destabilize membrane

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 572, Issue , 2005, Pages 63-68

  Sparrow, Janet R ^b   Cai, Bolin ^b   Jang, Young Pyo ^b   Zhou, Jilin ^b   Nakanishi, Koji ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; FLUORESCENT DYES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIPOFUSCIN; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PERMEABILITY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; RETINOIDS;

EID: 33747414464     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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