Junctional permeability measurements in the embryonic chick lens

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 339-350

  Miller, A G ^a,b   Hall, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dye; Gap junctions; GAPFRAP; Lens; Permeability; Photobleach

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CHICKEN; EMBRYO; LENS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029876213     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0039     Document Type: Article

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