The stratified syncytium of the vertebrate lens.

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Published in J Cell Sci on April 28, 2009

Authors

Yanrong Shi1, Kelly Barton, Alicia De Maria, J Mark Petrash, Alan Shiels, Steven Bassnett

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Ophthalmology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave, St Louis, MO 63110, USA.

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