Evolution of crystallins for a role in the vertebrate eye lens

Protein Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 367-380

  Slingsby, Christine ^a   Wistow, Graeme J ^b   Clark, Alice R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

crystallin; crystallin; crystallin; Cataract; Chaperone; Optics; Protein protein interactions; Refractive index; Small heat shock protein; Stress resistance

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; ARGININE; BETA CRYSTALLIN; CHAPERONE; CRYSTALLIN; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MONOMER; OLIGOMER;

DISPERSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LENS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REFRACTION INDEX; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CRYSTALLINS; FISHES; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; REFRACTOMETRY;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84878325081     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.2229     Document Type: Review

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