The influence of some post-translational modifications on the chaperone-like activity of α-crystallin

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 32-38

  Van Boekel, Martinus A M ^a,b   Hoogakker, Simone E A ^a   Harding, John J ^b   De Jong, Wilfried W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chaperone; Crystallin; Eye lens; Glycation; Phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; CHAPERONE; LYSINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CARBAMOYLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLYCATION; LENS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYSTALLINS; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEAT; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0029871417     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000267940     Document Type: Article

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