Kinetic properties of camel lens ζ-crystallin

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1163-1168

  Duhaiman, Ali S ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

DTT; Kinetic mechanism; Lens crystallin; NADPH:quinone oxidoreductase

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LENS; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE;

EID: 0030272854     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1357-2725(96)00048-9     Document Type: Article

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