Chaperone activity in the lens

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 83-90

  Augusteyn, Robert C ^a   Murnane, Letitia ^a   Nicola, Andrea ^a   Stevens, Arthur ^a  

^a NATIONAL VISION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

crystallins; Ageing; Assay; Chaperones; Degradation; Lens

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; CRYSTALLIN;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LENS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CRYSTALLINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HEAT; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION;

EID: 0036518816     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2002.tb03013.x     Document Type: Article

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