The cellular basis of corneal transparency: Evidence for 'corneal crystallins'

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 613-622

  Jester, James V ^a   Moller Pedersen, Torben ^b   Huang, Jiying ^a   Sax, Christina M ^c   Kays, Wm Todd ^c   Cavangh, H Dwight ^a   Petroll, W Matthew ^a   Piatigorsky, Joram ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldehyde dehydrogenase class 1; Corneal transparency; Crystallin; Keratocyte; Transketolase

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CRYSTALLIN; TRANSKETOLASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; FIBROBLAST; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0033000285     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.112.5.613     Document Type: Article

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