Preliminary studies on the aggregation process of alpha-crystallin

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 255-266

  Doss, Ellen W ^a   Ward, Kathleen A ^a   Koretz, Jane F ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Cross linking; Denaturation renaturation; Gel filtration fast performance liquid chromatography; Micelles; Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; crystallin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; DIMER; GENE PRODUCT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; DENATURATION; GEL FILTRATION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICELLE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0030793578     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1997.0337     Document Type: Article

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