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Lens, Crystalline

Known as: Ocular Lens, EYE, LENS, Lens Of Eye 
A clear disk that focuses light, as in a camera or microscope. In the eye, the lens is a clear, curved structure at the front of the eye behind the… 
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Review
2009
Review
2009
Posterior capsular opacification: a problem reduced but not yet eradicated.
Posterior capsular opacification (PCO) is the most frequent complication of cataract surgery. Advances in surgical techniques… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Genetic diseases and gene knockouts reveal diverse connexin functions.
Intercellular channels present in gap junctions allow cells to share small molecules and thus coordinate a wide range of… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Humic Substances as a Mediator for Microbially Catalyzed Metal Reduction
The potential for humic substances to serve as a terminal electron acceptor in microbial respiration and to function as an… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Cooperation between the Cdk inhibitors p27(KIP1) and p57(KIP2) in the control of tissue growth and development.
Cell cycle exit is required for terminal differentiation of many cell types. The retinoblastoma protein Rb has been implicated… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Altered cell cycle regulation in the lens of HPV-16 E6 or E7 transgenic mice: implications for tumor suppressor gene function in development.
Tumor suppressor proteins are believed to play a role in regulating cell cycle control during mammalian development. The E6 and… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Small heat shock proteins are molecular chaperones.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Development, advantages, and methods of the continuous circular capsulorhexis technique
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
The molecular structure and stability of the eye lens: X-ray analysis of γ-crystallin II
The three-dimensional structure of the eye lens protein, bovine γ-crystallin II, has been determined at 2.6 Å resolution. The… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
The vertebrate eye lens.
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
ISOLATION AND PROPERTIES OF LENS ALDOSE REDUCTASE.
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