Lens intermediate filaments

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-172

  FitzGerald, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

beaded filaments; CP49; filensin; Intermediate filaments; lens; Phakinin; Phakosin; vimentin

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; FILENSIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

CELL DEGENERATION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MOTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LENS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; SLIT LAMP; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; VIMENTIN;

EID: 61849139080     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2008.11.007     Document Type: Review

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