Measurement of lens protein aggregation in vivo using dynamic light scattering in a guinea Pig/UVA model for nuclear cataract

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1589-1595

  Francis Simpanya, M ^a   Ansari, Rafat R ^b,c   Leverenz, Victor ^a   Giblin, Frank J ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATARACT; DISEASE MODEL; GUINEA PIG; MALE; METABOLISM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CATARACT; CRYSTALLINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA;

EID: 55649085486     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2008.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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