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Published: 15th September 2004
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Published: 17th February 2011Development of the Ocular Lens provides a current view of research in lens developmental biology, emphasising 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, morphology, the regulation of the lens cell cycle and fiber cell differentiation, as well as 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 in the visual sciences, as well as for ophthalmologists.
"This volume is suitable and highly recommendable for all students and scientists in the eye field. the reference list is quite informative and I predict that this book will be a source of information for years to come." The Quarterly Review of Biology, Panagiotis A. Tsonis
| Early Lens Development | |
| The lens: historical and comparative perspectives | |
| Lens induction and determination Marilyn Fisher and | |
| Transcription factors in early lens development | |
| The Lens | |
| The structure of the vertebrate lens | |
| Lens crystallins | |
| Lens cell membranes | |
| Lens cell cytoskeleton | |
| Lens Development and Growth | |
| Lens cell proliferation: the cell cycle | |
| Lens fiber differentiation | |
| Role of matrix and cell adhesion molecules in lens differentiation | |
| Growth factors in lens development | |
| Lens regeneration | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
ISBN: 9780521838191
ISBN-10: 0521838193
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 414
Published: 15th September 2004
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PR
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 25.65 x 17.78
x 2.79
Weight (kg): 1.04
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