Cataract-Causing Defect of a Mutant γ-Crystallin Proceeds through an Aggregation Pathway Which Bypasses Recognition by the α-Crystallin Chaperone
Background: The transparency of the eye lens depends upon maintenance of the native state of the γ- and β-crystallins, which is aided by the abundant chaperones αA- and αB-crystallin. Mature onset cataract, the leading cause of blindness worldwide, involves the polymerization of covalently damage...
Main Authors: | Moreau, Kate Lauren, King, Jonathan Alan |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology |
Format: | Article |
Language: | en_US |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71748 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6174-217X |
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