Lipid-protein interactions in human and bovine lens membranes by Fourier transform Raman and infrared spectroscopies

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-54

  Sato, Hidetoshi ^a,c   Borchman, Douglas ^a,d   Ozaki, Yukihiro ^c   Lamba, Om P ^a   Byrdwell, W Craig ^b   Yappert, M C ^b   Paterson, C A ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

lens; lipid structure; protein; spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0030003566     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0006     Document Type: Article

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