Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and Spin Trapping Investigations of the Photoreactivity of Human Lens Proteins

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 259-264

  Dillon, James ^a   Ortwerth, Beryl J ^b   Chignell, Colin F ^c   Reszka, Krzysztof J ^a,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,5 DIMETHYL 1 PYRROLINE 1 OXIDE; 5,5-DIMETHYL-1-PYRROLINE-1-OXIDE; AMINE OXIDE; CRYSTALLIN; SUPEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HUMAN; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PH; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPIN LABELING; SPIN TRAPPING;

CRYSTALLINS; CYCLIC N-OXIDES; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPIN LABELS; SPIN TRAPPING; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 0033072552     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1999.tb03284.x     Document Type: Article

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