Lens fibre cell differentiation - A link with apoptosis?

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 163-183

  Dahm, Ralf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Denucleation; Lens fibre cell differentiation; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; DNA FRAGMENT; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; LENS FIBER; MITOCHONDRION; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM; CASPASES; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MITOCHONDRIA; NECROSIS;

EID: 0032946425     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000055530     Document Type: Review

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