Regulation of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase, the first enzyme in UV filter biosynthesis in the human lens: Relevance for senile nuclear cataract

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 467, Issue , 2000, Pages 241-245

  Takikawa, O ^a   Littlejohn, T ^a   Jamie, J F ^a   Walker, M J ^a   Truscott, R J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYKYNURENINE; BETA CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; TRYPTOPHAN;

AUTOOXIDATION; CATARACT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME REGULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SENILE CATARACT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AGED; CATARACT; CELL LINE; HUMANS; INDOLEAMINE-PYRROLE 2,3,-DIOXYGENASE; INTERFERON TYPE II; KYNURENINE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRYPTOPHAN OXYGENASE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0034466508     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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