Developmental aspects of galectin-3 expression in the lens

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 219-226

  Dahm, Ralf ^b   Bramke, Silvia ^c   Dawczynski, Jens ^d   Nagaraj, Ram H ^e   Kasper, Michael ^a,c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Galectin; Human; Immunocytochemistry; Lectins; Mouse; Rat lens development

Indexed keywords

GALECTIN 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM CELL; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LENS; LENS EPITHELIUM; LENS FIBER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037363262     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-003-0508-5     Document Type: Article

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