Evidence for specific subunit distribution and interactions in the quaternary structure of α-crystallin

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2546-2553

  Morris, Amie M ^a   Aquilina, J Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chaperone; Lens; Mass spectrometry; Quaternary structure; Small heat shock protein; crystallin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; OLIGOMER; PROTEINASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COLLISIONALLY ACTIVATED DISSOCIATION; LENS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FETUS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLINS; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FETUS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

EID: 77955821684     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22766     Document Type: Article

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