The fate of dividing cells during lens morphogenesis, differentiation and growth

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 502-511

  Kallifatidis, Georgios ^b   Boros, Jessica ^a,b   Shin, Eun Hye H ^a,b   McAvoy, John W ^a,c   Lovicu, Frank J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c The Vision CRC   (Australia)

Author keywords

BrdU; Fiber differentiation; Lens cell proliferation; Lens growth

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS EPITHELIUM; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS;

EID: 79956372548     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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