α- and β-crystallins modulate the head group order of human lens membranes during aging

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 5162-5167

  Zhu, Xiangjia ^a   Gaus, Katharina ^b   Lu, Yi ^a   Magenau, Astrid ^b   Truscott, Roger J W ^c   Mitchell, Todd W ^d  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; 2 NAPHTHYLAMINE; 4,5 DIHYDROSPHINGOMYELIN; 4,5-DIHYDROSPHINGOMYELIN; CHOLESTEROL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENT DYE; LAURDAN; LAURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MEMBRANE LIPID; SPHINGOMYELIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE STRESS; DRUG EFFECT; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

2-NAPHTHYLAMINE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALPHA-CRYSTALLINS; BETA-CRYSTALLINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FLUORESCENT DYES; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMANS; LAURATES; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; SPHINGOMYELINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958121931     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4947     Document Type: Article

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