Expression of the matricellular protein SPARC in murine lens: SPARC is necessary for the structural integrity of the capsular basement membrane

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 503-511

  Yan, Qi ^a   Blake, David ^a   Clark, John I ^b   Sage, E Helene ^a  

^a HOPE HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Collagen type IV; Lens capsule; Lens epithelial cells; Lens fiber cells; Matricellular protein; SPARC; 1 integrin

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTEGRIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; OSTEONECTIN; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CATARACT; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; LENS CAPSULE; LENS EPITHELIUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0037389333     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215540305100412     Document Type: Article

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