Seeing is believing! The optical properties of the eye lens are dependent upon a functional intermediate filament cytoskeleton

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 305, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Der Perng, Ming ^a   Quinlan, Roy A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Eye; Intermediate filament; Lens; Optics; Plasma membrane

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FILENSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATARACT; CELL MEMBRANE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LENS; LENS FIBER; MOUSE STRAIN; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW;

EID: 15044347034     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2004.11.021     Document Type: Review

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