... were also detected in lens fibre cells and capsule. A truncated form of basic FGF (less than 20×10 3 M r) predominated in every case with traces of higher M r forms in lens cells. For acidic FGF, the classical full-length form (about 20×10 3 M r) predominated in lens cells and a truncated form...

...-like structures on many of these lens-derived units, but a well-defined lens capsule never formed. Abnormal fibrillar structures rich in sulphated materials were seen in the intraocular cavity in many older mutant specimens, most of which were largely resistant to both digestion methods. These results...