Fiber cell denucleation in the primate lens

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1678-1687

  Bassnett, Steven ^a,b  

^a Cataract Research Center   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscope; DNA fragmentation; Fiber differentiation; Lens; Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase

Indexed keywords

3,3' DIHEXYLOXACARBOCYANINE; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; HISTONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CHROMATIN; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LENS FIBER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANIMALS; CARBOCYANINES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FLUORESCENT DYES; HISTONES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MACACA MULATTA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

EID: 0030771954     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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