Post-translational modifications in the nuclear region of young, aged, and cataract human lenses

Journal of Proteome Research

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3935-3943

  Hains, Peter G ^a   Truscott, Roger J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

2D LC MS MS; Cataract; Human lens; Oxidation; Post translational modification; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; UREA;

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATARACT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CRYSTALLINS; HUMANS; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; METHYLATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 35648932100     PISSN: 15353893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/pr070138h     Document Type: Article

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