Recent studies demonstrated a number of links between chromatin structure, gene
expression, extracellular signaling and cellular differentiation during lens development …

Aquaporin (AQP) water channel proteins are responsible for osmotically driven water
transport across cell membranes of mammalian tissues, lower animals and plants. Recently …

PURPOSE: To further elucidate the cataract phenotype, and identify the gene and mutation
for autosomal dominant cataract (ADC) in an American family of European descent (ADC2) …

Abstract Chang, PY, Bjornstad, KA, Chang, E., McNamara, M., Barcellos-Hoff, MH, Lin, SP,
Aragon, G., Polansky, JR, Lui, GM and Blakely, EA Particle Irradiation Induces FGF2 …

The PITX3 bicoid-type homeodomain transcription factor plays an important role in lens
development in vertebrates. PITX3 deficiency results in a spectrum of phenotypes from …

Background Etoposide is one of the most potential anti-cancerous drugs that targets
topoisomerase II (topoII) and inhibits its activity by ligation with the DNA molecule. Results In …

The MIP gene, the founder of the MIP family of channel proteins, is specifically expressed in
fiber cells of the ocular lens and expression is regulated temporally and spatially during …

Posterior capsule opacification is the main complication of cataract surgery. Using
adenovirus-mediated gene transfer, we recently reported that it was feasible to prevent PCO …

purpose. To map the gene for autosomal dominant cataracts (ADC) in an American white
family of European descent. methods. Ophthalmic examinations and linkage analyses using …

Data base (NCBI and TIGR) searches are made to retrieve protein sequences of different
plant species namely Medicago truncatula, Pisum sativum, Ricinus communis, Arabidopsis …