Alpha-smooth muscle actin expression in cultured lens epithelial cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1122-1129

  Nagamoto, Toshiyuki ^a,b,d   Eguchi, Goro ^a,c   Beebe, David C ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENS EPITHELIUM; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RABBITS;

EID: 0034028467     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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