Compartmental analysis of taurine transport to the outer retina in the bovine eye

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 4099-4105

  Hillenkamp, Jost ^a   Hussain, Ali A ^a   Jackson, Timothy L ^a   Constable, Paul A ^a   Cunningham, Joanna R ^a   Marshall, John ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAURINE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANIMALS; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CATTLE; CHOROID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIFFUSION CHAMBERS, CULTURE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RETINA; TAURINE;

EID: 6944235850     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-0624     Document Type: Article

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