Changes in calpain II mRNA in young rat lens during maturation and cataract formation

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 437-445

  Ma, Hong ^a   Shih, Marjorie ^a   Throneberg, David B ^a   David, Larry L ^a   Shearer, Thomas R ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calpain II; Cataract; Lens; Maturation; mRNA; Northern blot; Quantitative PCR; Rat

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN II; MESSENGER RNA; SODIUM SELENITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031106297     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0229     Document Type: Article

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