Chaperone function of mutant versions of αA‐ and αB‐crystallin prepared to pinpoint chaperone binding sites
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- 1 February 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 268 (3) , 713-721
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.01929.x
Abstract
A major stress protein, α-crystallin, functions as a chaperone. Site-directed mutagenesis has been used to identify regions of the protein necessary for chaperone function. In this work we have taken...Keywords
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