Photooxidation of lens proteins with xanthurenic acid: A putative chromophore for cataractogenesis

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 740-744

  Roberts, Joan E ^a   Finley, Eric L ^b   Patat, Severine A ^b   Schey, Kevin L ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 IMIDAZOLONE; 2 OXOHISTIDINE; ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; HISTIDINE DERIVATIVE; LENS PROTEIN; METHIONINE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; SINGLET OXYGEN; SUPEROXIDE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHURENIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CATARACTOGENESIS; CHROMATOPHORE; IRRADIATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOOXIDATION; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERIZATION; TRANSAMINATION;

CATARACT; CRYSTALLINS; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; XANTHURENATES;

EID: 0035526593     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2001)074<0740:POLPWX>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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