Possible changes in secondary structure and composition of human lens capsules in hereditary congenital cataract

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 234, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 342-348

  Lee, S M ^a   Lin, S Y ^b   Cheng, C L ^b   Liang, R C ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; HYDROXYLYSINE;

ADULT; ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONGENITAL CATARACT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LENS CAPSULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; TRIPLE HELIX;

EID: 0029977594     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00220711     Document Type: Article

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