Expression of βA2-crystallin in human lenses

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 383-385

  Lapko, Veniamin N ^a   Smith, David L ^a   Smith, Jean B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Human lens; Phosphorylation; A2 crystallin

Indexed keywords

BETA A2 CRYSTALLIN; BETA A3 CRYSTALLIN; CRYSTALLIN; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETA CRYSTALLIN;

ACETYLATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LENS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; LETTER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

ACETYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA-CRYSTALLIN A CHAIN; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 0042622192     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4835(03)00156-8     Document Type: Article

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