Development- and differentiation-dependent reorganization of intermediate filaments in fiber cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 735-742

  Blankenship, T N ^a   Hess, J F ^a   FitzGerald, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LENS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0035097221     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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