The penny pusher: A cellular model of lens growth

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 799-809

  Shi, Yanrong ^a   De Maria, Alicia ^a   Lubura, Snježana ^b   Šikić, Hrvoje ^a,b   Bassnett, Steven ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Epithelium; Growth; Model

Indexed keywords

DEOXYURIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CELL VOLUME; CENTRAL ZONE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GERMINATIVE ZONE; LENS; MALE; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGERMINATIVE ZONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSITION ZONE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84922235237     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-16028     Document Type: Article

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