Absence of low-molecular-weight alpha crystallin in nuclear region of old human lenses.
- 1 October 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 73 (10), 3484-3487
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.73.10.3484
Abstract
Examination of old human lenses indicates that low-molecular-weight alpha crystallin is not present in the inner 30-40%, the nucleus, of the lens. The remainder of such lenses, the periphery, contains normal levels of this protein. This finding is in marked contrast to observations in young lenses, where a large quantity of this protein is found throughout the tissue.Keywords
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