Article The Structure of the Cataract-Causing P23T Mutant of Human
Crystallins are major proteins of the eye lens and essential for lens transparency. Mutations and aging of crystallins cause cataracts, the predominant cause of blindness in the world. In human γD-crystallin, the P23T mutant is associated with congenital cataracts. Until now, no atomic structural in...
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American Chemical Society (ACS)
2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/73200 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6174-217X |