αA-Crystallin-Derived Mini-Chaperone Modulates Stability and Function of Cataract Causing αAG98R-Crystallin

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Raju, Murugesan ^a   Santhoshkumar, Puttur ^a   Sharma, K Krishna ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; ALPHA CRYSTALLIN DERIVED MINI CHAPERONE; CHAPERONE; MUTANT PROTEIN; N BENZOYLPHENYLALANINE DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRECIPITATION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SPECTROMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN A CHAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATARACT; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84866056432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044077     Document Type: Article

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