Protein-protein interactions involving congenital cataract T5P γC-crystallin mutant: A confocal fluorescence microscopy study

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 515-520

  Liu, Bing Fen ^a   Song, Shuhua ^a   Hanson, Mark ^a   Liang, Jack J N ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

C crystallin; confocal fluorescence microscopy; congenital cataract mutation; fluorescence resonance energy transfer; protein protein interaction

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CELL CULTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN A CHAIN; CATARACT; GAMMA-CRYSTALLINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 56349162085     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2008.08.021     Document Type: Article

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