Interaction of C-terminal truncated human αA-crystallins with target proteins

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Kumarasamy, Anbarasu ^a   Abraham, Edathara C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; AMINE; ARGININE; BETA CRYSTALLIN; BETA L CRYSTALLIN; CHAPERONE; CYSTEINE; FLUORESCENT DYE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; LENS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN A CHAIN; BETA-CRYSTALLINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYSTEINE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; KINETICS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 52649126857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003175     Document Type: Article

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