Spectroscopic analysis of lens recombinant βB2- and γC-crystallin

Molecular Vision

Volumn 7, Issue , 2001, Pages 178-183

  Fu, Ling ^a   Liang, Jack J N ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; GUANIDINE; LENS PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; HEAT; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTALLINS; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HEAT; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 0035789827     PISSN: 10900535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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