Protein-lipid interaction on the surface of a hydrophilic contact lens in vitro

Current Eye Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 776-781

  Bontempo, Andrew R ^a   Rapp, Jerry ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Deposits; Hydrophilic contact lens; Lipid; Protein

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; LIPID; LYSOZYME; METHANOL; PROTEIN;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DENSITOMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; HYDROPHOBICITY; INCUBATION TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE;

ADSORPTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; LACTOFERRIN; LIPID METABOLISM; MURAMIDASE; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 0030846415     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.16.8.776.8985     Document Type: Article

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