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Lens development in a dominant X-linked congenital cataract of the mouse.
Experimental eye research - 1 Nov 1993
Grimes P A, Favor J, Koeberlein B, Silvers W K, Fitzgerald P G, Stambolian D
Abstract excerpt
Xcat is a recently identified mouse mutation causing X-linked dominant congenital cataract. The mutation is of particular interest as a possible animal model for the human X-linked cataract syndrome. Using light microscopy, we examined the histological changes of mutant lenses at selected intervals between embryonic (E) day 14 and postnatal (P) day 21. At E14, primary fiber formation completely fills the former...
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