A sheet-like form of α-crystallin

Current Eye Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 215-218

  Stevens, A ^a   Walsh, R ^a   Augusteyn, R C ^a  

^a NATIONAL VISION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cattle (bovine); Lens; Protein interactions; Structure; Transparency; crystallin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; LENS PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TRYPTOPHAN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FETUS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0029917839     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713689608997416     Document Type: Article

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