NADH-dependent dehydroascorbate reductase in the rabbit lens

Tokai Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-32

  Akatsuka, Ichiko ^a   Bando, Masayasu ^b   Obazawa, Hajime ^b   Oka, Mikako ^b   Takehana, Makoto ^b   Kobayashi, Shizuko ^b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dehydroascorbate reductase; Enzyme Crystallin, antiphotoxidation; NADH specific; Rabbit lens

Indexed keywords

MONODEHYDROASCORBATE REDUCTASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FRACTIONATION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; LENS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RABBIT; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMALS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, DEAE-CELLULOSE; KINETICS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; NAD; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; RABBITS; SOLUBILITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035321959     PISSN: 03850005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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