Which factors stimulate lens fiber cell differentiation in vivo?

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 3075-3078

  Lang, Richard A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; LENS FIBER; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032699449     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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