title: [Vertebrate crystallins- from proteins to genes].
abstract: A review of literature on tissue-specific proteins of the vertebrate eye lens and genes coding for these proteins is presented. Particular attention is paid to the most heterogeneous family of crystallins: beta- and gamma-crystallins, their nomenclature, and the structure of their genes. It is pointed out that mutations in gene coding for ubiquitous crystallins may be related to some forms of cataracts.
authors.affiliation: Kol'tsov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 26, Moscow, 119991 Russia.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Kozlov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002386:Cataract / Q000235:genetics; D003459:Crystallins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D014714:Vertebrates / Q000502:physiology*; D014982:Xenopus laevis / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D003459:Crystallins
vernacular_title: Kristalliny pozvonochnykh-ot belkov k genam.