A novel melano-lysosome in the retinal epithelium of rhesus monkeys

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 937-946

  Gouras, Peter ^a   Brown, Kristy ^a   Ivert, Lena ^b   Neuringer, Martha ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Lysosomes; Melanosomes; Phagosomes; Retinal pigment epithelium; Rhesus monkeys

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; LYSOSOME; MELANOSOME; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOSOME; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RHESUS MONKEY;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; LYSOSOMES; MACACA MULATTA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MELANOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ORGANELLE SIZE; PHAGOSOMES; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM;

EID: 84855931309     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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