Comparison of post-translational modifications of alpha A-crystallin from normal and hereditary cataract rats

Amino Acids

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-152

  Fujii, N ^a,a   Takeuchi, N ^b   Tezuka, T ^a   Kuge, K ^a   Takata, T ^a   Kamei, A ^b   Saito, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Alpha A crystallin; Cataract; Isomerization; Oxidation; Racemization

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN;

AGING; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC DISORDER; LENS; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT;

AGING; ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN A CHAIN; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; CATARACT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; ISOMERISM; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; METHIONINE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 1942487353     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-003-0050-8     Document Type: Article

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