Comparative expression analysis of aquaporin-5 (AQP5) in keratoconic and healthy corneas

Molecular Vision

Volumn 14, Issue , 2008, Pages 756-761

  Garfias, Yonathan ^a   Navas, Alejandro ^a   Pérez Cano, Hector J ^a   Quevedo, Jonathan ^a   Villalvazo, Leonardo ^a   Zenteno, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY CONDE DE VALENCIANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 5; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AQUAPORIN 5; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 43149098349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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