Identifying sites of attachment of UV filters to proteins in older human lenses

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology

Volumn 1596, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 6-15

  Aquilina, J A ^a   Truscott, R J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Cataract; Crystallin; Kynurenine; Lens; Protein modification

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYKYNURENINE; CRYSTALLIN; CYSTEINE; LENS PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOFILTER; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AGED; BINDING SITES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EYE PROTEINS; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; TRYPSIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0036538689     PISSN: 01674838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4838(01)00313-2     Document Type: Article

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