X-ray diffraction and structure of crystallins

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-29

  Slingsby, C ^a   Norledge, B ^a   Simpson, A ^a,b   Bateman, O A ^a   Wright, G ^a   Driessen, H P C ^a   Lindley, P F ^c   Moss, D S ^a   Bax, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; CRYSTALLIN; DELTA CRYSTALLIN; DIMER; ENZYME; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; TETRAMER;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EVOLUTION; LENS; LENS FIBER; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REFRACTION INDEX; REVIEW; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0031033413     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-9462(96)00018-3     Document Type: Review

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