The structural differences between bovine lens αA- and αB-crystallin

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 5916-5925

  Abgar, Saïd ^a   Backmann, Jan ^b   Aerts, Tony ^a   Vanhoudt, Jos ^a   Clauwaert, Julius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Analytical ultracentrifugation; Circular dichroism; Fluorescence; A crystallin; B crystallin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LENS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; CATTLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTALLINS; GUANIDINE; HEAT; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MURAMIDASE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0033797976     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2000.01646.x     Document Type: Article

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