Cataract induction in an arthropod reveals how lens crystallins contribute to the formation of ‘biological glass’
Amartya T. Mitra,
Shubham Rathore,
Augusta Jester
et al.
Abstract:Lenses are vital components of eyes, crafted through the precise arrangement of proteins to achieve transparency and focusing power, and placed appropriately within the eye for the retina to receive sharp, focused images. Maintaining these states is challenging due to substantial post-embryonic eye and lens growth. Here, we gain insights into required processes by exploring consequences of silencing Lens3, a key lens protein, during growth inThermonectus marmoratussunburst diving beetle larvae. We show thatlen… Show more
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