Contributions of mouse genetic background and age on anterior lens capsule thickness

Anatomical Record

Volumn 291, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1619-1627

  Danysh, Brian P ^a   Czymmek, Kirk J ^a   Olurin, Pecos T ^b   Sivak, Jacob G ^c   Duncan, Melinda K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Wilmington Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Capsule; Confocal; Lens

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; LENS; LENS CAPSULE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; ORGANOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; CATTLE; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; ORGANOGENESIS; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58149400630     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20753     Document Type: Article

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