Distribution and expression of RhoA in rat retina after optic nerve injury

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 174-178

  Wang, Yan Hua ^a,b   Wang, Yi ^a   Wang, Dong Wu ^b   Wu, Nan ^a   Liu, Dong Ning ^a   Yin, Zheng Qin ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hospital of the Chinese People's Armed Police Forces No 8650   (China)

Author keywords

Optic nerve injury; Rat retina; RhoA

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INJURY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; RATS; RETINA; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 34250792712     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103237     Document Type: Article

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