A human lens model of cortical cataract: Ca2+-induced protein loss, vimentin cleavage and opacification

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2255-2261

  Sanderson, Julie ^a   Marcantonio, Julia M ^a   Duncan, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM IONOPHORE; CRYSTALLIN; IONOMYCIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; VIMENTIN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CATARACT; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM; CATARACT; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CRYSTALLINS; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; IONOMYCIN; IONOPHORES; LENS CORTEX, CRYSTALLINE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0033949943     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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