Nuclear cataract and light scattering in cultured lenses from guinea pig and rabbit

Current Eye Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 623-635

  Fukiage, Chiho ^a,b   Azuma, Mitsuyoshi ^a,b   Nakamura, Yoshikuni ^b   Tamada, Yoshiyuki ^b   Shearer, Thomas R ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SENJU PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crystallins; Guinea pig; Lens; Light scattering; M calpain protease; Nuclear cataract; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; CALPAIN; CRYSTALLIN; FODRIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LENS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; BODY WATER; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; CALPAIN; CATARACT; CRYSTALLINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GUINEA PIGS; IONOPHORES; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; LIGHT; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ORGAN SIZE; RABBITS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTRIN;

EID: 0031837485     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.17.6.623.5183     Document Type: Article

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