Absence of α3 (Cx46) and α8 (Cx50) connexins leads to cataracts by affecting lens inner fiber cells

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 688-696

  Xia, Chun hong ^a   Cheng, Catherine ^a   Huang, Qingling ^b   Cheung, Debra ^a   Li, Lin ^a   Dunia, Irene ^c   Benedetti, Lucio E ^c   Horwitz, Joseph ^b   Gong, Xiaohua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

crystallins; cataract; connexin; gap junction; knockout; lens fiber cells

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; CONNEXIN 46; CONNEXIN 50; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EYE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL SWELLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LENS EPITHELIUM; LENS FIBER; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; ANIMAL; CELL JUNCTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FREEZE FRACTURE; GENETICS; LENS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING;

ANIMALS; CATARACT; CONNEXINS; EYE PROTEINS; FREEZE FRACTURING; GAMMA-CRYSTALLINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 33745170655     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2006.03.013     Document Type: Article

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