L-Type Calcium Channels Play a Critical Role in Maintaining Lens Transparency by Regulating Phosphorylation of Aquaporin-0 and Myosin Light Chain and Expression of Connexins

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Rupalatha Maddala,

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Tharkika Nagendran,

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Gustaaf G. de Ridder,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Kevin L. Schey,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Ponugoti Vasantha Rao

* E-mail: rao00011@mc.duke.edu

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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