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Mechanical injury initself may be responsible for the transition of lens epithelial cells from the G0 to the G1 compartment of the cell cycle. This traverse which does not depend on DNA-dependent hypophysial hormones may be in part reversible.
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Van Buskirk, R. Hypophysial hormones and a G1 block in the lens epithelium of the adult frog (Rana pipiens). Experientia 33, 438–439 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01922197
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