In vitro precipitation of rat lens crystalline by calpain I – A calpain requiring low amounts of calcium for activation

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-114

  Shearer, T R ^a   Throneburg, D B ^a   Shih, M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calpain I; Crystallins; Lens; mRNA; Precipitation; Rat

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALPAIN; CRYSTALLIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HYDROLYSIS; LENS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0029790711     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000267964     Document Type: Article

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