Ultraviolet radiation-induced aggregation of human lens protein [g̳a̳m̳m̳a̳]D-crystallin : characterization of the protective tryptophan clusters and key sensitizing residues
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Biology, 2013.
Main Author: | Schafheimer, Nathaniel (Steven Nathaniel) |
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Other Authors: | Jonathan A. King. |
Format: | Thesis |
Language: | eng |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/83640 |
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