βA3/A1-crystallin is required for proper astrocyte template formation and vascular remodeling in the retina

Transgenic Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1033-1042

  Sinha, Debasish ^a   Valapala, Mallika ^a   Bhutto, Imran ^a   Patek, Bonnie ^a   Zhang, Cheng ^a   Hose, Stacey ^a   Yang, Fang ^a   Cano, Marisol ^a   Stark, Walter J ^a   Lutty, Gerard A ^a   Zigler, J Samuel ^a   Wawrousek, Eric F ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

A3 A1 crystallin; Astrocyte; Hyaloid and retinal vasculature; Retina; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

BETAA3 CRYSTALLIN, RAT; BETAA3-CRYSTALLIN, RAT; CRYSTALLIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL MOTION; CELL SHAPE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OOCYTE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SHAPE; CRYSTALLINS; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUTANT PROTEINS; OOCYTES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RATS; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84865999502     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-012-9608-0     Document Type: Article

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