Expression and localization of carnitine/organic cation transporter OCTN1 and OCTN2 in ocular epithelium

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4844-4849

  Garrett, Qian ^a   Xu, Shunjiang ^a   Simmons, Peter A ^b   Vehige, Joseph ^b   Flanagan, Judith L ^a   Willcox, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ALLERGAN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; COLLAGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER 1; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER 2; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; TRITIUM; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER; SLC22A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SLC22A5 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL POLARITY; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; FILTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RABBIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONJUNCTIVA; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ION TRANSPORT; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARNITINE; CONJUNCTIVA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ION TRANSPORT; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; RABBITS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 56149083695     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1528     Document Type: Article

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