Increase in the intramolecular disulfide bonding of alpha-A crystallin during aging of the human lens

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 585-590

  Takemoto, Larry ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; alpha A crystallin; disulfide bonding

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CHILD; DISULFIDE BOND; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030296072     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0149     Document Type: Article

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