In vitro analysis of cellular metaplasia from pigmented epithelial cells to lens phenotypes: A unique model system for studying cellular and molecular mechanisms of “transdifferentiation”
- 1 June 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Developmental Biology
- Vol. 115 (2) , 353-362
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-1606(86)90255-1
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Funding Information
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (57740408)
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