Lp82 is the dominant form of calpain in young mouse lens

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 447-456

  Ma, H ^a   Hata, I ^a   Shih, M ^a   Fukiage, C ^b   Nakamura, Y ^b   Azuma, M ^b   Shearer, T R ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SENJU PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Casein zymography; Immunoblot; Lens maturation; Lp82; M calpain; Molecular cloning; Mouse lens; mRNA

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; ISOENZYME;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LENS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; ZYMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033120531     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1998.0625     Document Type: Article

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