The effect of concentration on the structure of α-crystallin

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 613-620

  Loutas, Jim ^a   Stevens, Arthur ^a   Howlett, Geoffrey J ^b   Augusteyn, Robert C ^a  

^a NATIONAL VISION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

conformation; micelle; quaternary structure; tertiary structure; crystallin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; IONIC STRENGTH; LENS; MICELLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0030008361     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0072     Document Type: Article

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