Transparency and non-refractive functions of crystallins - A proposal

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 809-816

  Bhat, Suraj P ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

A crystallin; B crystallin; crystallins; S crystallin; crystallins; cataractogenesis; crystallins; development; lens; non crystallin function; transparency

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN;

CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LENS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CATARACT; CRYSTALLINS; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MUTATION; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 12144251370     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2004.08.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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