Targeted cornea limbal stem/progenitor cell transfection in an organ culture model

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3395-3401

  Zhao, Bojun ^a   Allinson, Sarah L ^a   Ma, Aihua ^a   Bentley, Adam J ^a   Martin, Francis L ^a   Fullwood, Nigel J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA GALACTOSIDE; CYTOKERATIN 12; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 3; CYTOKERATIN 5; LIPOFECTAMINE; KERATIN; LIPID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; COW; EPITHELIUM CELL; EX VIVO STUDY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOSOMAL DELIVERY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; STAINING; STEM CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CATTLE; CELL LINEAGE; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE TARGETING; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; KERATINS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; LIPIDS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PLASMIDS; STEM CELLS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 49049122068     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1263     Document Type: Article

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