JCS -- Yan et al. 115 (13): 2747 Figure IG8

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Fig. 8. Transmission EM of the lens capsule. (A) A 1-month-old SPARC^+/+ lens capsule posterior to the equator is shown.

(B) 1-month-old SPARC-null (^-/-) posterior lens capsule from the same region as A, in which the cell surface of newly formed ^-/- lens fibers bordering the capsule protrudes into the lens capsule (arrows). (C) 3-month-old ^+/+ lens, same area as shown in A. (D) 3-month-old ^-/- lens, same region as C. Note the progressive infiltration of cell processes into the capsule (D, arrows). Bar, 5 µm.