Immunohistochemical localisation of D-β-aspartic acid in pingueculae

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 974-976

  Kaji, Y ^a   Oshika, T ^a   Okamoto, F ^a   Fujii, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; ISOASPARTIC ACID; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PINGUECULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RACEMIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; CORNEAL DISEASES; D-ASPARTIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOASPARTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 67649666486     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.135889     Document Type: Article

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