Expression of growth control and differentiation genes in human lens epithelial cells with extended life span

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1387-1398

  Fleming, Timothy P ^a   Song, Zheng ^a   Andley, Usha P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CALCIUM ION; CRYSTALLIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GENE PRODUCT; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BB; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; SCATTER FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFANT; LENS EPITHELIUM; LIFESPAN; ONCOGENE; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; CALCIUM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, VIRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYSTALLINS; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INFANT; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RAF; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS P21(RAS); RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031782447     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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