Small heat-shock proteins and their potential role in human disease

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 52-59

  Clark, John I ^a   Muchowski, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; CHAPERONE; DESMIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CATARACT; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MYOPATHY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; STRESS;

EID: 0033968166     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(99)00048-2     Document Type: Review

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