The effects of actomyosin disruptors on the mechanical integrity of the avian crystalline lens

Molecular Vision

Volumn 21, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-109

  Won, Gah Jone ^a   Fudge, Douglas S ^b   Choh, Vivian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 (5 IODO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONYL)HEXAHYDRO 1H 1,4 DIAZEPINE; ACTIN; BLEBBISTATIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; LATRUNCULIN A; MYOSIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; AVIAN PROTEIN; AZEPINE DERIVATIVE; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOMECHANICS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEGHORN CHICKEN; LENS; LENS STIFFNESS; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL CLARITY; OPTICAL QUALITY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CHICKEN; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DRUG EFFECTS; HARDNESS; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; ACTOMYOSIN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AVIAN PROTEINS; AZEPINES; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; CHICKENS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HARDNESS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS WITH 4 OR MORE RINGS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN KINASE; MYOSINS; NAPHTHALENES; THIAZOLIDINES; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84922345439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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