Differential binding of mutant (R116C) and wildtype alphaA crystallin to actin

Current Eye Research

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1051-1054

  Brown, Zachery ^a   Ponce, Aldo ^a   Lampi, Kirsten ^b   Hancock, Lynn ^a   Takemoto, Larry ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AlphaA crystallin mutation; Human cataractogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; LENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; WILD TYPE; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; INFANT; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

ACTINS; ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN A CHAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INFANT; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 39149135555     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680701769989     Document Type: Article

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