Molecular genetics of age-related cataract

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-9

  Hejtmancik, J Fielding ^a   Kantorow, Marc ^b  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Gene expression; Genetics; Lens

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; FERRITIN; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN;

ADULTHOOD; AGE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CATARACT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPERIMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LENS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; REVIEW;

AGED; AGING; ANIMALS; CATARACT; CRYSTALLINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 2942532502     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2004.03.014     Document Type: Review

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