Development of a macromolecular diffusion pathway in the lens

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 116, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 4191-4199

  Shestopalov, Valery I ^a,b   Bassnett, Steven ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cell communications; Green fluorescent protein; Lens; Syncytium; Tissue mosaicism

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMIZYGOSITY; HYPOTHESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LENS EPITHELIUM; MACROMOLECULE; MICROINJECTION; MOSAICISM; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIFFUSION; GAP JUNCTIONS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0242319631     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00738     Document Type: Article

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