Open AccessRefractive Defects and Cataracts in Mice Lacking Lens Intrinsic Membrane Protein-2
Author(s) -
Alan Shiels,
Jennifer King,
Donna S. Mackay,
Steven Bassnett
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
investigative ophthalmology and visual science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1552-5783
pISSN - 0146-0404
DOI - 10.1167/iovs.06-0947
Subject(s) - cataracts , lens (geology) , membrane , ophthalmology , optics , chemistry , biophysics , biology , medicine , physics , biochemistry
To characterize the optical properties of lenses from mice deficient in the gene for lens intrinsic membrane protein-2 (Lim2), which encodes the second most abundant integral protein (Lim2) of lens fiber cell plasma membranes.
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