Recharacterization of the RGC-5 retinal ganglion cell line

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 4267-4272

  van Bergen, Nicole J ^a   Wood, John P M ^b   Chidlow, Glyn ^b   Trounce, Ian A ^a   Casson, Robert J ^b,c   Ju, Won Kyu ^d   Weinreb, Robert N ^d   Crowston, Jonathan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b HANSON INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CONCANAVALIN A; GENE PRODUCT; GLUTAMIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROTEIN GENE PRODUCT 9.5; TAU PROTEIN; THY 1 ANTIGEN; THY 1.2 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SUCCINYLCONCANAVALIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXCITOTOXICITY; MOUSE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CONCANAVALIN A; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLUTAMIC ACID; MICE; RATS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 70349255718     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-3484     Document Type: Article

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