Identification of a novel intercellular structure in late-stage differentiating lens cells

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-7

  Dahm, Ralf ^a   Prescott, Alan R ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bagel; Bovine eye lens; Calcium; Intercellular torus; Lens development; Lens fibre cell differentiation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; DNA; LIPID; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CATTLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GOLGI COMPLEX; LENS EPITHELIUM; LENS FIBER; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STORAGE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CATTLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LIPIDS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RNA;

EID: 0037261824     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068196     Document Type: Article

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