Human Cataract Lens Membrane at Subnanometer Resolution

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 374, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 162-169

  Buzhynskyy, Nikolay ^a   Girmens, Jean François ^b   Faigle, Wolfgang ^c   Scheuring, Simon ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER NATIONAL D OPHTALMOLOGIE DES QUINZE VINGTS   (France)

^c INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

aquaporin 0; atomic force microscopy; cataract; connexin; human lens membrane

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 0; DRUG METABOLITE; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTROSPECTION; LENS; LENS EPITHELIUM; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SENILE CATARACT; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; WASTE;

EID: 35349017876     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.09.022     Document Type: Article

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