Effect of galactose on α-crystallin

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-100

  Facchiano, Francesco ^a   Libondi, Teodosio ^b   Stiuso, Paola ^b   Esposito, Ciro ^b   Ragone, Raffaele ^b   Colonna, Giovanni ^b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cataractogenesis; Glycation; Lens; Protein aging; Crystallin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; GALACTOSE;

AGING; CATARACTOGENESIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLYCATION; LENS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; CRYSTALLINS; GALACTOSE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0029984580     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000267980     Document Type: Article

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