Modifications of the water-insoluble humans lens α-crystallins

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 661-672

  Lund, Anders L ^a   Smith, Jean B ^a   Smith, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Deamidation; Disulfide bonding; Oxidation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; DISULFIDE BOND; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030475908     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0160     Document Type: Article

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