Lens fibre cell differentiation and organelle loss: Many paths lead to clarity

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1568, 2011, Pages 1219-1233

  Wride, Michael A ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cataract; Development; Differentiation; Lens fibre cell; Proteolysis

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; CELL ORGANELLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EYE; EYE DISEASE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEOMICS; TRANSPARENCY; TUMOR;

DANIO RERIO;

CALPAIN; CASPASE; CATHEPSIN; PROTEASOME; PROTEIN P53; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UBIQUITIN;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOLOGY; DNA REPAIR; HUMAN; LENS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CALPAIN; CASPASES; CATHEPSINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA REPAIR; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; ORGANELLES; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; UBIQUITIN;

EID: 79960625179     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0324     Document Type: Article

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