Development of the ocular lens / edited by Frank J. Lovicu, Michael L. Robinson
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- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004
- xv, 398 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
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- 0521838193
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"Development of the Ocular Lens provides a current view of research in lens developmental biology, emphasizing recent technical and molecular breakthroughs. Elucidation of the mechanisms that govern lens development has enabled us to understand how the normal lens forms and how developmental processes, namely, cell proliferation and differentiation, are involved in the maintenance of its normal structure, function, and growth throughout life. This knowledge is fundamental to our understanding of many lens disorders. The ocular lens has also become a model for understanding the developmental biology of more complex organ systems. In this book, leading experts in lens cell biology and development discuss lens evolution, induction, and morphology; the regulation of the lens cell cycle and fiber cell differentiation; and lens regeneration. This book is a broad and authoritative treatment of the subject that will serve as a reference for graduate students and research scientists in developmental biology and the visual sciences as well as for ophthalmologists."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Machine derived contents note: Part I. Early Lens Development: 1. The lens: historical and comparative perspectives Michael L. Robinson and Frank J. Lovicu
- 2. Lens induction and determination Marilyn Fisher and Robert M. Grainger
- 3. Transcription factors in early lens development Guy Goudreau, Nicole Andrejewski and Peter Gruss
- Part II. The Lens: 4. The structure of the vertebrate lens Jer R. Kuszak and M. Joseph Costello
- 5. Lens crystallins Melinda K. Duncan, Ales Cvekl, Marc Kantorow and Joram Piatigorsky
- 6. Lens cell membranes Joerg Kistler, Reiner Eckert and Paul Donaldson
- 7. Lens cell cytoskeleton Roy Quinlan and Alan Prescott
- Part III. Lens Development and Growth: 8. Lens cell proliferation: The cell cycle Anne E. Griep and Pumin Zhang
- 9. Lens fiber differentiation Steven Bassnett and David Beebe
- 10. Role of matrix and cell adhesion molecules in len differentiation A. Sue Menko and Janice L. Walker
- 11. Growth factors in lens development Richard A. Lang and John W. McAvoy
- 12. Lens regeneration Katia Del Rio-Tsonis and Goro Eguchi.
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- Formerly CIP.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-385) and index.
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