Calf lens α-crystallin, a molecular chaperone, builds stable complexes with βs- and γ-crystallins

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-31

  Bours, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calf lens; Isoelectric focusing; Molecular chaperone; Specific antisera; Water insoluble crystallins; Crystallin binding; Crystallins; Crystallins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; CHAPERONE; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; UREA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CATTLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LENS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYSTALLINS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

EID: 0029929468     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000267939     Document Type: Article

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