Lens growth and protein changes in the eastern grey kangaroo

Molecular Vision

Volumn 17, Issue , 2011, Pages 3234-3242

  Augusteyn, Robert C ^a,b  

^a VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; CRYSTALLIN; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; MU CRYSTALLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; KANGAROO; LACTATION; LENS GROWTH; MACROPUS GIGANTEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SOLUBILIZATION; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; ALPHA-CRYSTALLINS; ANIMALS; BETA-CRYSTALLINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CRYSTALLINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GAMMA-CRYSTALLINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; SOLUBILITY; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 84856202917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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