Structure of the crystallins

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 395-402

  Slingsby, Christine ^a   Clout, Naommi J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cataract; Crystallin; Domain fold; Evolution; Eye lens; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; CRYSTALLIN; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AGING; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LIGHT SCATTERING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SENILE CATARACT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032789443     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1999.113     Document Type: Article

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