Lens fiber cell differentiation

Encyclopedia of the Eye, Four-Volume Set

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 543-550

  Robinson, M L ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaporins; Crystallins; Gap junctions; Growth factors; Lens cell differentiation; Lens epithelial cells; Membrane specialization; Primary fiber cells; Terminal differentiation; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649711461     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374203-2.00025-7     Document Type: Chapter

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