Prevention of the fructation-lnduced inactivation of glutathione reductase by bovine α-crystallin acting as a molecular chaperone

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-22

  Blakytny, Robert ^a   Harding, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chaperone; Fructation; Galactation; Glutathione reductase; Glycation; Crystallin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; CHAPERONE; FRUCTOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CATTLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; GLYCATION; LENS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYSTALLINS; FRUCTOSE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

EID: 0029932037     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000267938     Document Type: Article

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