The stability of human acidic β-crystallin oligomers and hetero-oligomers

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 409-422

  Bateman, O A ^a   Sarra, R ^a   Van Genesen, S T ^b   Kappe G ^b   Lubsen, N H ^b   Slingsby, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age related cataract; CD and fluorescence spectroscopy; Crystallins; Denaturation; Eye lens; Sequence extensions; Stability

Indexed keywords

BETA CRYSTALLIN; OLIGOMER; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COW; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; LENS; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0041382747     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4835(03)00173-8     Document Type: Article

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