Actin filament bundles in cortical fiber cells of the rat lens

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 691-701

  Lo, Woo Kuen ^a   Shaw, Andrew P ^a   Wen, Xiao Jun ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

actin bundles; adherens junctions; alpha actinin; electron microscopy; immunoblotting; immunocytochemistry; intermediate filaments; lens fiber cells; rats

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LENS FIBER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030665258     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1997.0375     Document Type: Article

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