A novel lens epithelium gene, LEP503, is highly conserved in different vertebrate species and is developmentally regulated in postnatal rat lens

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-168

  Wen, Yi ^a   Sachs, George ^a   Athmann, Christoph ^a  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Genome organization; Lens epithelial cell; Lens protein; mRNA expression; Postnatal development

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; LENS PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENS EPITHELIUM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0033843915     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1999.0770     Document Type: Article

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