Time course degeneration and expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein in mer-knockout mice

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 949-953

  Liang, Xiao Ying ^a,b   Wang, Huai Zhou ^a   Wang, Ning Li ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Mer; Retinal degeneration; Retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 77950890248     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2010.07.033     Document Type: Article

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