Transglutaminase involvement in UV-A damage to the eye lens

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 591-597

  Weinreb, Orly ^a   Dovrat, Ahuva ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

cataract; eye lens; lens organ culture; lens structural proteins; transglutaminase; UV A radiation

Indexed keywords

LENS PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LENS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

EID: 0030296162     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0150     Document Type: Article

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