Formation of stromal collagen fibrils and proteoglycans in the developing zebrafish cornea

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 655-665

  Akhtar, Saeed ^a   Schonthaler, Helia B ^b   Bron, Anthony J ^a   Dahm, Ralf ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Zurich Brain Research Institute   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

Author keywords

Collagen fibrils; Cornea; Embryonic development; Eye; Human cornea; Proteoglycans; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; PROTEOGLYCAN;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EYE DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STROMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZEBRA FISH;

AGED; ANIMALS; CORNEAL STROMA; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MORPHOGENESIS; PROTEOGLYCANS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 51049108815     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.01135.x     Document Type: Article

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