Gap junctions are selectively associated with interlocking ball-and-sockets but not protrusions in the lens

Molecular Vision

Volumn 16, Issue , 2010, Pages 2328-2341

  Biswas, Sondip K ^a   Lee, Jai Eun ^a   Brako, Lawrence ^a   Jiang, Jean X ^c   Lo, Woo Kuen ^a,b  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CONNEXIN 46; CONNEXIN 50; FILIPIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCOMMODATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; EMBRYO; FAT CONTENT; FREEZE FRACTURE; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; LENS EPITHELIUM; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RHESUS MONKEY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CHOLESTEROL; FREEZE FRACTURING; GAP JUNCTIONS; HAPLORHINI; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 78149490961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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