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. 1987 Apr;84(7):1727–1730. doi: 10.1073/pnas.84.7.1727

Accumulation and diffusion of crystallin inside single fiber cells in intact chicken embryo lenses.

J A Peetermans, B D Foy, T Tanaka
PMCID: PMC304513  PMID: 3470754

Abstract

The use of microscope laser light-scattering spectroscopy allows for the measurement of dynamic properties of intracellular particles inside single fiber cells at different locations in the intact chicken embryo lens. Profiles of the diffusive properties of the delta-crystallin proteins across the lens are reported for developing chickens from day 5 to day 37. A clear decrease of the diffusion is observed in the lens nucleus relative to the cortex beginning with day 10.

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