TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lovicu,Frank J.
AU  - Robinson,Michael L.
TI  - Development of the ocular lens
SN  - 0521838193
AV  - QP478 .D485 2004
U1  - 612.844 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Cambridge, UK, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Crystalline lens
KW  - Cytology
KW  - Developmental biology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-385) and index; Part I; Early Lens Development: --; 1; The lens: historical and comparative perspectives; Michael L. Robinson and Frank J. Lovicu --; 2; Lens induction and determination; Marilyn Fisher and Robert M. Grainger --; 3; Transcription factors in early lens development; Guy Goudreau, Nicole Andrejewski and Peter Gruss --; Part II; The Lens: --; 4; The structure of the vertebrate lens; Jer R. Kuszak and M. Joseph Costello --; 5; Lens crystallins; Melinda K. Duncan, Ales Cvekl, Marc Kantorow and Joram Piatigorsky --; 6; Lens cell membranes; Joerg Kistler, Reiner Eckert and Paul Donaldson --; 7; Lens cell cytoskeleton Roy Quinlan and Alan Prescott; Part III; Lens Development and Growth: --; 8; Lens cell proliferation: the cell cycle; Anne E. Griep and Pumin Zhang --; 9; Lens fiber differentiation; Steven Bassnett and David Beebe --; 10; Role of matrix and cell adhesion molecules in lens differentiation; A. Sue Menko and Janice L. Walker --; 11; Growth factors in lens development; Richard A. Lang and John W. McAvoy --; 12; Lens regeneration; Katia Del Rio-Tsonis and Goro Eguchi
N2  - "This comprehensive study of the developmental biology of the ocular lens will serve as a reference for graduate students and research scientists in the visual sciences and developmental biology, as well as for ophthalmologists. Clarification of the mechanisms that govern normal lens development is fundamental to our understanding of lens disorders. The lens has also become a model for studying more complex organ systems. Leading experts in lens development and structure discuss lens induction, evolution, cell cycle regulation, morphology, fiber cell differentiation, and regeneration."--Publisher description
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