Disruption of lens fiber cell architecture in mice expressing a chimeric AQP0‐LTR protein
Open Access
- 1 November 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 14 (14), 2207-2212
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.99-1071com
Abstract
Aquaporin-0 (AQP0) is the major intrinsic protein of lens fiber cells and the founder member of the water channel gene family. Here we show that disruption of the AQP0 gene by an early transposon (ET...Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institutes of Health (EY11411, EY09852, EY06642)
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