Lens crystallin response to whole body irradiation with single and fractionated doses of gamma radiation

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 600-606

  Abdelkawi, Salwa ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Column chromatography; Fractionated dose; Lens crystallin; Low dose gamma irradiation; Protein content; Single dose

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; CESIUM 137; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LENS CAPSULE; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RADIATION CATARACT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RAT; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CRYSTALLINS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GAMMA RAYS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 84864574477     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2012.695097     Document Type: Article

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