The presence and distribution of elastin in the posterior and retrobulbar regions of the mouse eye

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 210-215

  Gelman, Scott ^a   Cone, Frances E ^a   Pease, Mary E ^a   Nguyen, Thao D ^a   Myers, Kristin ^a   Quigley, Harry A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastin; Fibrillin; Glaucoma; Mouse; Optic nerve; Sclera

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; ELASTIN; FIBRILLAR COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOROID; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; GLAUCOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MENINX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCLERA; SURFACE STRESS; TENDON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; CHOROID; CONJUNCTIVA; ELASTIN; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MENINGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; SCLERA; TENDONS;

EID: 77649182254     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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