Phase separation in aqueous solutions of lens γ-crystallins: Special role of γs

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 377-382

  Liu, Canwen ^a   Asherie, Neer ^a   Lomakin, Aleksey ^a   Pande, Jayanti ^a   Ogun, Olutayo ^a   Benedek, George B ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Ternary mixture

Indexed keywords

GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; LENS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CATTLE; CHROMATOPHORE; LENS; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CRYSTALLINS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; SOLUTIONS; WATER;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; IVA;

EID: 0030040281     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.1.377     Document Type: Article

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