Changes in retinal αB-crystallin (cryab) RNA transcript levels during periods of altered ocular growth in chickens

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 238-243

  Ashby, Regan S ^a,c   Megaw, Pam L ^b   Morgan, Ian G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystallin; Eye growth; Myopia; Pathology; Retina; RNA

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA ACTIN; SMALL HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; RNA PRECURSOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATION; LENS; MALE; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; UPREGULATION; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSORY DEPRIVATION;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN B CHAIN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHICKENS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MYOPIA; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PRECURSORS; SENSORY DEPRIVATION;

EID: 77649180330     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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