Electron microscopic observations of the crystalline lens

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 441-479

  Kuszak, J R ^a   Peterson, K L ^a   Brown, H G ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystalline lens; Cytoskeleton; Electron microscopy; Freeze etch; Intercellular junctions; Membrane; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

CRYSTALLINE LENS; CYTOSKELETONS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; FREEZE- ETCH; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

ANATOMY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; LENS; LENS EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029874569     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19960415)33:6<441::AID-JEMT1>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Review

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