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Original Article

Zeta-crystallin, a novel lens protein from the guinea pig

Q.-L. Huang Laboratory of Mechanisms of Ocular Disease, National Eye Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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P. Russell Laboratory of Mechanisms of Ocular Disease, National Eye Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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S. H. Stone Laboratory of Microbial Immunity, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Disease, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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J. S. Zigler Laboratory of Mechanisms of Ocular Disease, National Eye Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
Pages 725-732 | Received 22 Jan 1987, Accepted 16 Mar 1987, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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