Collagen VI assemblies in age-related macular degeneration

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 181-189

  Knupp, Carlo ^a   Amin, Sepideh Z ^b   Munro, Peter M G ^b   Luthert, Philip J ^b   Squire, John M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Blindness; Bruch's membrane; Collagen; Macula; Network forming collagens

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 6; DIMER; PROTEIN; TETRAMER; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODICITY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA HOLE; VITREOUS BODY;

AGING; COLLAGEN TYPE VI; DIMERIZATION; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RETINA;

EID: 6444244429     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-8477(02)00534-8     Document Type: Article

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