Proteoglycans contain a 4.6 Å repeat in macular dystrophy corneas: X-ray diffraction evidence

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1966-1972

  Quantock, Andrew J ^a   Klintworth, Gordon K ^b   Schanzlin, David J ^a   Capel, Malcolm S ^c   Lenz, Mary Ellen ^d   Thonar, Eugene J M A ^d  

^a Anheuser Busch Eye Institute at St Louis University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSIDASE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE 4 SULFATASE; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; CORNEA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SYNCHROTRON; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADULT; AGED; AMIDOHYDROLASES; BIOPHYSICS; CHONDROITIN LYASES; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; KERATAN SULFATE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MALE; PEPTIDE-N4-(N-ACETYL-BETA-GLUCOSAMINYL) ASPARAGINE AMIDASE; PROTEOGLYCANS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0029994951     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79761-8     Document Type: Article

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