Characterization of three isoforms of a 9 kDa γD-crystallin fragment isolated from human lenses

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 593-604

  Srivastava, O P ^a   Srivastava, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

crystallin; human; lens; polypeptide

Indexed keywords

GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; LENS PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYPEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATARACT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0029994346     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0070     Document Type: Article

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