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alpha-Crystallin B Chain

Known as: alpha Crystallin B Chain, B Chain, alpha-Crystallin, B Subunit alpha-Crystallin 
One of the alpha crystallin subunits. In addition to being expressed in the lens (LENS, CRYSTALLINE), alpha-crystallin B chain has been found in a… 
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
AlphaB-crystallin is a novel oncoprotein that predicts poor clinical outcome in breast cancer.
Recent gene profiling studies have identified a new breast cancer subtype, the basal-like group, which expresses genes… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
MKBP, a Novel Member of the Small Heat Shock Protein Family, Binds and Activates the Myotonic Dystrophy Protein Kinase
Muscle cells are frequently subjected to severe conditions caused by heat, oxidative, and mechanical stresses. The small heat… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Modulation of the Stress‐Induced Synthesis of hsp27 and αB‐Crystallin by Cyclic AMP in C6 Rat Glioma Cells
Abstract: The possible participation of cyclic AMP in the stress‐induced synthesis of two small stress proteins, hsp27 and αB… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Pax-6 is essential for lens-specific expression of zeta-crystallin.
Pax-6 is essential for normal eye development and has been implicated as a "master gene" for lens formation in embryogenesis… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Purification and characterization of a 20-kDa protein that is highly homologous to alpha B crystallin.
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Simultaneous racemization and isomerization at specific aspartic acid residues in alpha B-crystallin from the aged human lens.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Structural and functional similarities of bovine alpha-crystallin and mouse small heat-shock protein. A family of chaperones.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Copurification of small heat shock protein with alpha B crystallin from human skeletal muscle.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Accumulation of alpha B-crystallin in central nervous system glia and neurons in pathologic conditions.
Alpha B-crystallin, a major protein of the vertebrate lens, is found in the central nervous system (CNS) and is a major protein… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Alpha B-crystallin is a small heat shock protein.
Sequence similarity between alpha B-crystallin and small heat shock proteins (HSPs) has prompted us to investigate whether alpha… 
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