Overexpression of the transforming growth factor-β-inducible gene βig- h3 in anterior polar cataracts

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1840-1845

  Lee, Eunjoo H ^a   Seomun, Young ^c   Hwang, Kyung Hoon ^c   Kim, Jung Eun ^c   Kim, In San ^c   Kim, Jae Ho ^c   Joo, Choun Ki ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE INDUCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LENS EPITHELIUM; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATARACT; CELLS, CULTURED; COS CELLS; DNA PRIMERS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0034043431     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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