Article
Histological and biochemical characterization of the murine cataract mutant Nop.
Experimental eye research - 1 May 1990
Graw J, Werner T, Merkle S, Reitmeir P, Schäffer E, Wulff A
Abstract excerpt
Nop, a spontaneous murine dominant cataract mutation, was detected by slit lamp investigations and preliminary characterized as a nuclear opacity. Histological investigations confirmed these findings and revealed additionally polar cataracts with vacuolization. In contrast to wild-type lenses, the nuclei of the cortical cells could also be detected in the area of the lens nucleus in Nop lenses. No other...
Topics
- Animals
- Cataract
- Crystallins
- Female
- Genes, Dominant
- Lens Nucleus, Crystalline
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Mutant Strains
- Mutation
