Structure and evolution of crystallins

Encyclopedia of the Eye, Four-Volume Set

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 229-238

  Wistow, G ^a   Slingsby, C ^b  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chaperone; Crystallin; Dimerization; Enzyme; Evolution; Lens; Protein; Solubility; Stability; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886739791     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374203-2.00031-2     Document Type: Chapter

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