Lens fibre transdifferentiation in cultured larval Xenopus laevis outer cornea under the influence of neural retina-conditioned medium

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 921-928

  Bosco, L ^a   Testa, O ^a   Venturini, G ^b   Willems, D ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lens; Transdifferentiation; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; FROG; LENS FIBER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; TADPOLE; TISSUE REGENERATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CORNEA; CRYSTALLINS; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EPIDERMIS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; RANA ESCULENTA; RETINA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA ESCULENTA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031451833     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00013198     Document Type: Article

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