Ubiquitin-dependent pathway is up-regulated in differentiating lens cells

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-192

  Shang, Fu ^a   Gong, Xin ^a   McAvoy, John W ^b   Chamberlain, Coral ^b   Nowell, Thomas R ^a   Taylor, Allen ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development; Differentiation; Epithelial cells; Lens; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CRYSTALLIN; UBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LENS EPITHELIUM; LENS FIBER; MITOSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT;

EID: 0033084122     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1998.0576     Document Type: Article

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