Function of the ubiquitin proteolytic pathway in the eye

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-14

  Shang, Fu ^a   Taylor, Allen ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Aging; Amyloid; Cataract; Development; Differentiation; Drusen; Gene expression; Oxidative stress; Proliferation; Protein modification; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN; CYCLIN D; CYCLIN E; ENZYME; GENE PRODUCT; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PEPTIDASE; PROTEASOME; UBIQUITIN;

AGING; BIOACCUMULATION; CATARACT; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONJUGATION; CORNEA; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EYE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LENS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN QUALITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UBIQUITINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0344256510     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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