A role for γs-crystallin in the organization of actin and fiber cell maturation in the mouse lens

FEBS Journal

Volumn 279, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 2892-2904

  Fan, Jianguo ^a   Dong, Lijin ^a   Mishra, Sanghamitra ^a   Chen, Yingwei ^a   Fitzgerald, Paul ^b   Wistow, Graeme ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

actin cytoskeleton; crystallins; knock out mouse; organelles

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; G ACTIN; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; PHALLOIDIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIBER CELL; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LENS; LENS EPITHELIUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; WILD TYPE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; GAMMA-CRYSTALLINS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT;

MUS;

EID: 84864399394     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08669.x     Document Type: Article

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