Puzzle of crystallin diversity in eye lenses

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 267-272

  Piatigorsky, Joram ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzyme crystallin; Evolution; Gene sharing; Transcription factors; Transparent lens

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DENSITY; EVOLUTION; JELLYFISH; LENS; NONHUMAN; OCTOPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SQUID; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL; CRYSTALLINS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES; INVERTEBRATES; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0027288469     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aja.1001960408     Document Type: Article

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