The crystallins: Genes, proteins and diseases

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 378, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1331-1348

  Graw, Jochen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cataract; Crystallin; Evolution; Gene expression; Inherited disease; Lens

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; CHAPERONE; CRYSTALLIN; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE);

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATARACTOGENESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LENS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; CRYSTALLINS; DISEASE; HUMANS;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030725582     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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