Binding capacity of α-crystallin to bovine lens lipids

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 407-410

  Borchman, Douglas ^a,b   Tang, Daxin ^a  

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

^b Dept of Ophthalmol and Vis Sci ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Binding; Lens; Lipids; crystallin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; LIPID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LENS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030273601     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0130     Document Type: Article

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