Morphological characterization of the AlphaA- and AlphaB-crystallin double knockout mouse lens

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-11

  Boyle, Daniel L ^a   Takemoto, Larry ^a   Brady, James P ^b   Wawrousek, Eric F ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; ALPHAB CRYSTALLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LENS; LENS CAPSULE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 2942750445     PISSN: 14712415     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-3-3     Document Type: Article

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