Aquaporin-0 targets interlocking domains to control the integrity and transparency of the eye lens

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1202-1212

  Lo, Woo Kuen ^a   Biswas, Sondip K ^a   Brako, Lawrence ^a   Shiels, Alan ^b   Gu, Sumin ^c   Jiang, Jean X ^c  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; AQP0 deficient mice; Aquaporin 0; Interlocking domain; Lens

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 0; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FREEZE FRACTURE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; LENS; LENS FIBER; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADHESION; AQP0-DEFICIENT MICE; AQUAPORIN-0; INTERLOCKING DOMAIN; LENS;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATARACT; CELL ADHESION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE PROTEINS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

EID: 84897593539     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-13379     Document Type: Article

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