Structural function of mip/aquaporin 0 in the eye lens; Genetic defects lead to congenital inherited cataracts

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 190, Issue , 2009, Pages 265-297

  Chepelinsky, Ana B ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AQUAPORIN; ASPARTIC ACID; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CONNEXIN 46; CONNEXIN 47; CRYSTALLIN; FILENSIN; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; GAMMA E CRYSTALLIN; GAMMA F CRYSTALLIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHAKININ; PROLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION; AQUAPORIN 0; EYE PROTEIN; WATER;

ACCOMMODATION; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 12; COW; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DOG; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXON; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FISH; FROG; GAP JUNCTION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GUINEA PIG; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HORSE; HUMAN; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; INTRON; LENS; LENS EPITHELIUM; LENS FIBER; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONKEY; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PLATYPUS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RABBIT; RAT; REVIEW; SHEEP; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TRANSPOSON; WATER PERMEABILITY; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; CATARACT; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CRYSTALLINS; EYE PROTEINS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; WATER;

EID: 61449279992     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-79885-9_14     Document Type: Review

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