Galectin-3 is associated with the plasma membrane of lens fiber cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 199-203

  Gonen, Tamir ^a   Donaldson, Paul ^b   Kistler, Joerg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; GALECTIN 3; LENS PROTEIN; LIGAND;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; ISOELECTRIC POINT; LENS FIBER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SOLUBILIZATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; EYE PROTEINS; GALECTIN 3; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LENS CORTEX, CRYSTALLINE; LIGANDS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHEEP;

EID: 0033986513     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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