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The eye lens cytoskeleton.
Eye (London, England) - 1 Jun 1999
Quinlan R A, Sandilands A, Procter J E, Prescott A R, Hutcheson A M, Dahm R, Gribbon C, Wallace P, Carter J M
Abstract excerpt
During lens cell differentiation there are a number of very characteristic morphological changes that occur. These include a 50- to 100-fold increase in cell length as the equatorial lens epithelial cells differentiate into fibre cells and the loss of the cellular organelles such as mitochondria, nuclei, Golgi apparatus and endoplasmic reticulum. Coincident with these changes are dramatic alterations in the...
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