Expression and regulation of α-, β-, and γ-crystallins in mammalian lens epithelial cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3608-3619

  Wang, Xiaohui ^a   Garcia, Claudia M ^a   Shui, Ying Bo ^a   Beebe, David C ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN GENE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA CRYSTALLIN GENE; CATTLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; LENS EPITHELIUM; LENS FIBER; MACROMOLECULE; MAMMAL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RABBIT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLINS; ANIMALS; BETA-CRYSTALLINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GAMMA-CRYSTALLINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 4644279714     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-0423     Document Type: Article

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