Freeze-fracture replica of the primate lens fibers.
Using freeze-fracture techniques, we studied the fine structure of monkey lens fibers, with special reference to intercellular junctions. Gap junctions were frequently observed at the 'ball-and-socket' interdigitations, the 'tongue-and-groove' interdigitations, and between cortical lens fibers, while tight junctions were never apparent.
D000818:Animals; D005614:Freeze Fracturing; D000882:Haplorhini; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008253:Macaca mulatta