Lens crystallins of invertebrates Diversity and recruitment from detoxification enzymes and novel proteins

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 235, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 449-465

  Tomarev, Stanislav I ^a   Piatigorsky, Joram ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldehyde dehydrogenase; Crystallin; Glutathione S transferase; Invertebrates; Lens

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CRYSTALLIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; INVERTEBRATE; LENS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CRYSTALLINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; INVERTEBRATES; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

ANASPIDEA; ANIMALIA; APLYSIA; ARTHROPODA; CEPHALOPODA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPUS; OCTOPUS; SEPIIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030032495     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00449.x     Document Type: Review

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