"omega-Crystallins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A type of crystallin that has been found in the lens (LENS, CRYSTALLINE) of certain species of MOLLUSCA such as SQUID and OCTOPUS. It is an inactivated form of aldehyde dehydrogenase.
| Descriptor ID |
D038224
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.682.657.163.249.750 D12.776.306.366.925
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| Concept/Terms |
omega-Crystallins- omega-Crystallins
- omega Crystallins
- Crystallins, omega
- omega-Crystallin
- omega Crystallin
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