Cataract development in γ-glutamyl transpeptidase-deficient mice

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 575-582

  Chévez Barrios, Patricia ^a   Wiseman, Amy L ^a   Rojas, Emilio ^b   Ou, Ching Nan ^a   Lieberman, Michael W ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cataract; Cataract models; Cataractogenesis; DNA damage; Glutathione; Light damage; N acetylcysteine; Transgenic mice; glutamyl transpeptidase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CYSTEINE; DNA; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LENS EPITHELIUM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0034537631     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.2000.0913     Document Type: Article

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