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delta-Crystallins

Known as: Crystallins, delta, delta-Crystallin, delta Crystallins 
A subclass of crystallins found in the lens (LENS, CRYSTALLINE) in BIRDS and REPTILES. They are inactive forms of the enzyme argininosuccinate lyase.
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Review
1993
Review
1993
IGF‐I and the IGF‐I receptor in development of nonmammalian vertebrates
Extracellular signals are likely to be involved in the control of growth and differentiation during embyrogenesis of vertebrates… 
1992
1992
Biochemical characterization and kinetic analysis of duck delta-crystallin with endogenous argininosuccinate lyase activity.
Delta-Crystallin, the most abundant crystallin in the avian species, was isolated and purified from duck lenses. It was shown to… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Calcium ion binding to delta- and to beta-crystallins. The presence of the "EF-hand" motif in delta-crystallin that aids in calcium ion binding.
Abnormal levels of endogenous calcium ions are known to induce eye lens opacity, and a variety of causative factors has been… 
1989
1989
Insulin-like growth factor I activity is stored in the yolk of the avian egg.
1989
1989
Binding site conformation dictates the color of the dye stains-all. A study of the binding of this dye to the eye lens proteins crystallins.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
In vitro analysis of cellular metaplasia from pigmented epithelial cells to lens phenotypes: a unique model system for studying cellular and molecular mechanisms of "transdifferentiation".
1979
1979
Comparative and evolutionary aspects of delta-crystallin in the vertebrate lens.
We have utilized [3H]cDNA · DNA annealing (using S1 endonuclease resistance as an assay) to detect the presence of sequences… 
1979
1979
Molecular cloning and partial characterization of delta-crystallin cDNA sequences in a bacterial plasmid.
Double-stranded cDNA synthesized from delta-crystallin mRNA isolated from lens fiber cells of 15-day-old embryonic chicken was… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Quantitation of delta-crystallin messenger RNA during lens induction in chick embryos.
Embryonic chick cells of the presumptive lens ectoderm are induced to differentiate into a lens by the optic vesicle, an… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Differentiation of lens fibers in explanted embryonic chick lens epithelia.
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