Changes in retinal aB-crystallin (cryab) RNA transcript levels during periods of altered ocular growth in chickens

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2010

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Ashby, Regan
Megaw, Pam L
Morgan, Ian

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Academic Press

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Changes in retinal crystallin gene expression have been implicated in the development of myopia in animal models. We therefore investigated the expression of αB-crystallin (cryab) in the chicken retina during periods of increased ocular growth induced by

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Keywords: alpha crystallin; beta actin; small heat shock protein; RNA precursor; animal experiment; animal model; animal tissue; article; cell damage; chicken; controlled study; eye development; growth rate; growth regulation; lens; male; myopia; nonhuman; nucleoti Crystallin; Eye growth; Myopia; Pathology; Retina; RNA

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Experimental Eye Research

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