ι-crystallin and vitamin A2 isomers in lenses of diurnal geckos

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-58

  Roll B ^a   Schwemer, J ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

3,4 Didehydroretinol; Eye lens; Lens crystallins; Retinoid binding proteins; Retinoids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343692760     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050365     Document Type: Article

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