Does A2E, a retinoid component of lipofuscin and inhibitor of lysosomal degradative functions, directly affect the activity of lysosomal hydrolases?

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 191-195

  Bermann, Marion ^a   Kopitz, Jurgen ^a   Schütt, Florian ^b   Holz, Frank G ^b  

^a Department of Pathochemistry and General Neurochemistry ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; HYDROLASE; LIPOFUSCIN; RETINOID;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; LETTER; LYSOSOME; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION;

EID: 0034781330     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.2000.0949     Document Type: Editorial

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