Physiological expression of lens α-, β-, and γ-crystallins in murine and human corneas

Molecular Vision

Volumn 16, Issue , 2010, Pages 2745-2752

  Ren, Shengwei ^a   Liu, Ting ^a   Jia, Changkai ^a   Qi, Xia ^a   Wang, Yiqiang ^a  

^a SHANDONG EYE INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STEM CELL;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CORNEA; CRYSTALLINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 78650788902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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