Glutathione S-transferase of goat lens: Evidence for expression of only class mu isoenzymes

Current Eye Research

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1097-1101

  Ahmad, Hassan ^a   Tobola, Amy S ^a   Silva, Araceli ^a   Castillo, Rogelio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutathione S transferase; Goat lens; Isoenzyme; Purification

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; ISOENZYME;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOFOCUSING; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GOAT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GOATS; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RABBITS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031736287     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.17.11.1097.5230     Document Type: Article

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