Mechanism of calcium-induced disintegrative globulization of rat lens fiber cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 915-922

  Wang, Lifei ^a   Bhatnagar, Aruni ^a   Ansari, Naseem H ^a   Dhir, Prajay ^a   Srivastava, Satish K ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium; disintegration; fiber cells; globulization; lens; proteases

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHELATING AGENT; CALPASTATIN; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; LANTHANUM; LEUPEPTIN; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; PEPSTATIN; POTASSIUM; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RINGER SOLUTION; SODIUM; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL DAMAGE; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; LENS FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CHELATING AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; EGTAZIC ACID; IONOPHORES; LANTHANUM; LENS CORTEX, CRYSTALLINE; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0029874372     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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