The molecular refractive function of lens γ-crystallins

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 411, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 680-699

  Zhao, Huaying ^a   Brown, Patrick H ^b   Magone, M Teresa ^a   Schuck, Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

crystallin; excluded volume; protein refractive index; protein structure function

Indexed keywords

GAMMA CRYSTALLIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CEPHALOPOD; LENS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STABILITY; REFRACTION INDEX; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

CEPHALOPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79960909030     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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