Localization of B-DNA and Z-DNA in terminally differentiating fiber cells in the adult lens

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1511-1521

  Gagna, Claude E ^a,b   Lambert, W Clark ^b   Kuo, Hon Reen ^b   Farnsworth, Patricia N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

B DNA; Crystallins; Immunohistochemistry; Lens; Lens supramolecular order; Terminal differentiation; Z DNA

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; DNA ANTIBODY; DNA B; DNA Z; EOSIN; LENS PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA PROBE; DOG; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENS FIBER; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0030668488     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549704501108     Document Type: Article

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