Distribution of label-retaining cells in the limbal epithelium of a mouse eye

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-185

  Zhao, Jin ^a   Mo, Victoria ^a   Nagasaki, Takayuki ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal epithelium; Epithelial homeostasis; Label retaining cells; Limbus; Nuclear staining

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER;

ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALE; METABOLISM; STAINING;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; MICE; STAINING AND LABELING; STEM CELLS;

EID: 60849136614     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.2008.952390     Document Type: Article

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