Analysis of photoreceptor rod outer segment phagocytosis by RPE cells in situ

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 935, Issue , 2013, Pages 245-254

  Sethna, Saumil ^a   Finnemann, Silvia C ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal photoreceptor outer segment phagocytosis; Immunofluorescence microscopy; Mouse eye; Paraffin sectioning; Retina; Retinal pigment epithelium; Rhodopsin positive phagosome quantification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROTOMY; MOUSE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RAT; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROTOMY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RATS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; ROD CELL OUTER SEGMENT; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84871963682     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-080-9-17     Document Type: Article

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