The thermal structural transition of α-crystallin inhibits the heat induced self-aggregation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Maulucci, Giuseppe ^a   Papi, Massimiliano ^a   Arcovito, Giuseppe ^a   de Spirito, Marco ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; CALCIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; HYDRODYNAMICS; LENS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; RADIATION SCATTERING; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BOVINAE;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLINS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CATTLE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79955823896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018906     Document Type: Article

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