Multifunctional lens crystallins and corneal enzymes: More than meets the eye

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 842, Issue , 1998, Pages 7-15

  Piatigorsky, Joram ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CRYSTALLIN; ENZYME; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CORNEA; GENE CONTROL; LENS;

EID: 0031970686     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09626.x     Document Type: Article

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