The role of the lens actin cytoskeleton in fiber cell elongation and differentiation

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 698-711

  Rao, P Vasantha ^a   Maddala, Rupalatha ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Differentiation; Elongation; Lens; Migration; Rho GTPases; Signaling

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; EZRIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MEVINOLIN; MOESIN; RADIXIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

BINDING AFFINITY; CATARACT; CELL ELONGATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL ORGANELLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EYE DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LENS FIBER; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846339788     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2006.10.011     Document Type: Review

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