Presence of α smooth muscle actin in lens epithelial cells of aphakic rabbit eyes

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 906-910

  Kurosaka, Daijiro ^a   Kato, Katsuhiko ^a   Nagamoto, Toshiyuki ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENS CAPSULE; LENS EPITHELIUM; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0029860117     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.80.10.906     Document Type: Article

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