Oxidation products of 3-hydroxykynurenine bind to lens proteins: Relevance for nuclear cataract

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 727-735

  Aquilina, J Andrew ^a   Carver, John A ^a   Truscott, Roger J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

3OHKyn; Antioxidant; Crystallins; Lens; Oxidation; Tanning; Ultraviolet light

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYKYNURENINE; ANTIOXIDANT; CARCINOGEN; CRYSTALLIN; GLUTATHIONE; LENS PROTEIN; NEUROTOXIN; OXYGEN;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CATARACT; CATTLE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0031149920     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0258     Document Type: Article

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