Molecular evidence for the involvement of alpha crystallin in the colouration/crosslinking of crystallins in age-related nuclear cataract

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 835-840

  Chen, Y C ^a   Reid, G E ^b   Simpson, R J ^b   Truscott, R J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cataract; Colour; Insoluble; Proteolysis; crystallin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN;

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CROSS LINKING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

EID: 0031464278     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1997.0393     Document Type: Article

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