Properties of α-crystallin bound to lens membrane: Probing organization at the membrane surface

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 423-430

  Chandrasekher, Gudiseva ^a,b   Cenedella, Richard John ^a  

^a A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LSU EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding, alpha crystallin; Chaperone like activity; Crosslinking; Lens membrane; Trypsinolysis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; LENS CAPSULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031105338     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0228     Document Type: Article

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