Evidence for the extralenticular expression of members of the β-crystallin gene family in the chick and a comparison with δ-crystallin during differentiation and transdifferentiation

Differentiation

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 147-156

  Head, Mark W ^a   Peter, Audrey ^a   Clayton, Ruth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CRYSTALLIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DIFFERENTIATION; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; LENS; LENS FIBER; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTALLINS; DNA PROBES; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCLES; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RNA;

EID: 0026318068     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.1991.tb00253.x     Document Type: Article

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