Calcium-induced disruption of the lens cytoskeleton

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 48-50

  Marcantonio, Julia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cytoskeleton; Epithelium; Human; Lens

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; N (6 AMINOHEXYL) 5 CHLORO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONAMIDE; SPECTRIN; VIMENTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; DEPOLYMERIZATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LENS; LENS EPITHELIUM; MICROTUBULE; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETON; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE;

EID: 0029872285     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000267943     Document Type: Article

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