Cataract development in the GaIKO mouse

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 119-123

  Eyssens, D ^a   Augusteyn, Robert C ^a  

^a NATIONAL VISION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cataract; Ga1KO; Galactosyl transferase; Knockout mouse

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750586482     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.1999.tb06788.x     Document Type: Article

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