EphA2 and Src regulate equatorial cell morphogenesis during lens development

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 4237-4245

  Cheng, Catherine ^a   Ansari, Moham M ^b   Cooper, Jonathan A ^b   Gong, Xiaohua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataracts; Eph; Ephrin; Lens

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CORTACTIN; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A2; F ACTIN; PHALLOIDIN; PROTEIN KINASE P60; UVOMORULIN; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EQUATORIAL EPITHELIAL CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENS CAPSULE; LENS EPITHELIUM; LENS FIBER; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REFRACTION INDEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CATARACTS; EPH; EPHRIN; LENS;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CATARACT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CORTACTIN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MORPHOGENESIS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR, EPHA2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SRC-FAMILY KINASES;

EID: 84884970717     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.100727     Document Type: Article

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