Self-assembly of protein aggregates in ageing disorders: The lens and cataract model

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1617, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Clark, John I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid fibrils; Molecular degeneration; Phase separation; Protein aggregates; Self assembly; Stress protein

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; EYE DISEASE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN;

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; CHAPERONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PANTETHEINE; PANTETHINE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATARACT; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; LENS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN UNFOLDING;

AGING; ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN B CHAIN; ANIMALS; CATARACT; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PANTETHEINE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN UNFOLDING;

EID: 84875466481     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0104     Document Type: Article

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