title: ERM proteins of the lens.
abstract: Ezrin and radixin and protein 4.1 were detected in the lens of the eye. These proteins were mainly present in the young elongating cortical fiber cells and localized to the plasma membranes. Moesin was not detected. Ezrin, radixin, and protein 4.1 provide another means whereby actin is linked to the plasma membrane in addition to the known adherens junctions in the lens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy/Cell Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bagchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Katar
authors.forename: W-K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yost
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maisel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002415:Cats; D002417:Cattle; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002645:Chickens; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004285:Dogs; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D000099149:Ezrin
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D000099149:Ezrin; C071058:moesin; C071776:radixin