Collagen and mature elastic fibre organisation as a function of depth in the human cornea and limbus

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 424-430

  Kamma Lorger, Christina S ^a   Boote, Craig ^a   Hayes, Sally ^a   Moger, Julian ^b   Burghammer, Manfred ^c   Knupp, Carlo ^a   Quantock, Andrew J ^a   Sorensen, Thomas ^d   Di Cola, Emanuela ^c   White, Nick ^a   Young, Robert D ^a   Meek, Keith M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collagen; Cornea; Mature elastic fibres; Non linear microscopy; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

ARTICLE; CORNEA; CORNEA LIMBUS; ELASTIC FIBER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

COLLAGEN; CORNEA; ELASTIC TISSUE; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 76749122328     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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