Mutations in human αA-crystallin/shsp affect subunit exchange interaction with αB-crystallin

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Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Raju, Ilangovan ^a   Oonthonpan, Lalita ^a   Abraham, Edathara C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHAA CRYSTALLIN; ALPHAB CRYSTALLIN; ARGININE; CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; LYSINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ALPHA CRYSTALLIN;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; WILD TYPE; CATARACT; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN A CHAIN; ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN B CHAIN; CATARACT; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MUTATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

EID: 84856707852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031421     Document Type: Article

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