Through a glass darkly

EMBO Molecular Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-2

  Hall, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AKAP2; AQP0; Cataract; Ocular lens; Water permeability

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CIRCULATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FLOW KINETICS; FLUID BALANCE; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS IMPLANT; NOTE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

A KINASE ANCHOR PROTEINS; ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; EYE PROTEINS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS;

EID: 84855229755     PISSN: 17574676     EISSN: 17574684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/emmm.201100188     Document Type: Note

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