Vimentin synthesis by ocular lens cells.
A study of the synthesis of the intermediate filament protein, vimentin, is reported here. The following systems were examined: the epithelial cells of the organ-cultured rabbit lens, the epithelial and cortical fiber cells of the organ-cultured adult chicken lens and the epithelial cells of the rabbit lens grown in tissue culture. Vimentin is actively synthesized by all of the above mentioned cells.
D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003459:Crystallins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D011817:Rabbits; D014746:Vimentin / Q000096:biosynthesis*
D003459:Crystallins; D014746:Vimentin