Morphometric analysis of fibre cell growth in the developing chicken lens

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 291-302

  Bassnett, Steven ^a   Winzenburger, Peggy A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken embryo; Confocal microscopy; Electron microscopy; Image analysis; Lens

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ELONGATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL POPULATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURFACE; CELL VOLUME; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KINETICS; LENS; LENS FIBER; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0037374457     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4835(02)00315-9     Document Type: Article

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