Crystallins in the eye: Function and pathology

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-98

  Andley, Usha P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; CHAPERONE; CRYSTALLIN; DESMIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL STRESS; CYTOSKELETON; DNA MICROARRAY; EYE DISEASE; HEART; LENS EPITHELIUM; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RETINA; REVIEW; SKIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEOMICS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CATARACT; CRYSTALLINS; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE;

EID: 33845425645     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2006.10.003     Document Type: Review

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