Identification of a vimentin-reactive peptide associated with ocular lens membranes as cytokeratin

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-11

  Brooks, Joseph ^a   Fleschner, C R ^b  

^a TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokeratin; Cytoskeleton; Intermediate filament; Lens membrane; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 1; LENS PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OVALBUMIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PHAKININ; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IONIZATION; LENS EPITHELIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RAT; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; EYE PROTEINS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; ISOELECTRIC POINT; KERATINS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0037259547     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068194     Document Type: Article

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