Heterogeneity and persistence length in human ocular mucins

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1661-1670

  Round, A N ^a,b   Berry, M ^a,b   McMaster, T J ^a,b   Stoll, S ^a,b   Gowers, D ^a,b   Corfield, A P ^a,b   Miles, M J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DITHIOTHREITOL; GENE PRODUCT; MUCIN; DNA; NICKEL; POLYMER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DIMERIZATION; DISULFIDE BOND; GEL; HISTOGRAM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TANDEM REPEAT; AIR; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CONJUNCTIVA; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MICA;

AIR; CONJUNCTIVA; DNA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUCINS; NICKEL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMIDS; POLYMERS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 0036708470     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)73934-9     Document Type: Article

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