Isolation and protein pattern of eye lens fiber junctions
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The structural organization and protein composition of lens fiber junctions
The structural organization and protein composition of lens fiber junctions isolated from adult bovine and calf lenses were studied using combined electron microscopy, immunolocalization with monoclonal and polyclonal anti-MIP and anti-MP70 (two putative gap junction-forming proteins), and freeze-fracture and label-fracture methods. The major intrinsic protein of lens plasma membranes (MIP) was...
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عنوان ژورنال: FEBS Letters
سال: 1974
ISSN: 0014-5793
DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(74)80831-8