Tmod1 and CP49 Synergize to Control the Fiber Cell Geometry, Transparency, and Mechanical Stiffness of the Mouse Lens

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Gokhin, David S ^a   Nowak, Roberta B ^a   Kim, Nancy E ^a   Arnett, Ernest E ^b   Chen, Albert C ^c   Sah, Robert L ^c   Clark, John I ^b   Fowler, Velia M ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FILENSIN; PROTEIN CP49; SPECTRIN; TROPOMODULIN; TROPOMODULIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ASSAY; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; GENE DELETION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LENS DISEASE; LENS EPITHELIUM; LENS FIBER; LENS FIBER CELL DISORDER; LENS MECHANICAL STIFFNESS; LENS TRANSPARENCY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL SHAPE; CYTOSKELETON; EYE PROTEINS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; TROPOMODULIN;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84868697480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048734     Document Type: Article

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