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Focus on lens connexins

The lens is an avascular organ composed of an anterior epithelial cell layer and fiber cells that form the bulk of the organ. The lens expresses connexin43 (Cx43), connexin46 (Cx46) and connexin50 (Cx50). Epithelial Cx50 has critical roles in cell proliferation and differentiation, likely involving...

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Autores principales: Berthoud, Viviana M., Ngezahayo, Anaclet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5267330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28124626
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12860-016-0116-6