Growth and differentiation of human lens epithelial cells in vitro on matrix

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3898-3907

  Blakely, E A ^a   Bjornstad, K A ^a   Chang, P Y ^a   McNamara, M P ^a   Chang, E ^a   Aragon, G ^a   Lin, S P ^a   Lui, G ^a   Polansky, J R ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL KINETICS; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; KARYOTYPING; LENS EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CRYSTALLINS; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P57; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EYE PROTEINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 1; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0033764488     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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