Alpha-crystallin/lens lipid interactions using resonance energy transfer

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 452-462

  Daxin, Tang ^a   Borchman, Douglas ^a   Yappert, Marta C ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallin; Dansyl dihexadecanoyl phosphoethanolamine; Lens; Lipid; Protein binding; Resonance energy transfer

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; LIPID; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; LENS; LIPID VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYSTALLINS; DANSYL COMPOUNDS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; LENS CORTEX, CRYSTALLINE; LIPID METABOLISM;

EID: 13044311394     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000055571     Document Type: Article

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