Gap junction structures and distribution patterns of immunoreactive connexins 46 and 50 in lens regrowths of rhesus monkeys

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-180

  Lo, Woo Kuen ^a   Shaw, Andrew P ^a   Takemoto, Larry J ^b   Grossniklaus, Hans E ^c   Tigges, Margarete ^c,d  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Ophthalmology ^*  (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin bundle; Connexin; Electron microscopy; Gap junction; Immunofluorescence; Lens regrowth; Monkey; Soemmerring's ring

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

AFTERCATARACT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LENS; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029969576     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0021     Document Type: Article

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