Age-related changes in human lens crystallins identified by HPLC and mass spectrometry

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-30

  Ma, Zhixiang ^a   Hanson, Stacy R A ^a   Lampi, Kirsten J ^b   David, Larry L ^b   Smith, David L ^a   Smith, Jean B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cataract; HPLC; Mass spectrometry; Modifications of lens crystallins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; LENS PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEAMINATION; DISULFIDE BOND; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LENS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 0032128077     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1998.0482     Document Type: Article

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