Transgenic expression of AQP1 in the fiber cells of AQP0 knockout mouse: Effects on lens transparency

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 393-404

  Varadaraj, K ^a   Kumari, S S ^a   Mathias, R T ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 0; AQUAPORIN 1; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AQP1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; EYE PROTEIN; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LENS; LENS EPITHELIUM; MALE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENE; WATER PERMEABILITY; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN A CHAIN; ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATARACT; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER;

EID: 77955841926     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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