Resisting the effects of aging: A function for the fiber cell beaded filament

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1030-1036

  Yoon, Kyoung Hye ^a   Blankenship, Tom ^a   Shibata, Bradley ^a   Fitzgerald, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILENSIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; PHAKOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EYE PROTEIN; PHAKININ; VIMENTIN;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEADED FILAMENT; CYTOSKELETON; LENS FIBER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; LENS; MOUSE MUTANT; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EYE PROTEINS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHENOTYPE; VIMENTIN;

EID: 41949122572     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1149     Document Type: Article

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