Exogenous gene expression and protein targeting in lens fiber cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1435-1443

  Shestopalov, Valery I ^a   Bassnett, Steven ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICKEN; DNA TEMPLATE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; LENS; LENS FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD46; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0033053262     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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