Differential immunogold localisation of sulphated and unsulphated keratan sulphate proteoglycans in normal and macular dystrophy cornea using sulphation motif-specific antibodies

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 115-120

  Young, Robert D ^a   Akama, Tomoya O ^b   Liskova, Petra ^d   Ebenezer, Neil D ^d   Allan, Bruce ^c   Kerr, Briedgeen ^e   Caterson, Bruce ^e   Fukuda, Michiko N ^b   Quantock, Andrew J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cornea; Immunolocalisation; Keratan sulphate proteoglycan; Macular corneal dystrophy; Sulphation motif specific antibodies

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; KERATAN SULFATE; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFATION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATAN SULFATE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; PROTEOGLYCANS;

EID: 33845793323     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-006-0228-8     Document Type: Article

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