Molecular Modelling for Enzyme Inhibition: A Search for a New Treatment for Cataract and New Antimicrobials and Herbicides

There have been several reports that cataract development results from unregulated Ca2+ mediated degradation of lens crystallins. The calpain isoform m-calpain, a cysteine protease, is known to be a major player in cataract formation in rodent lenses and recent evidence indicates that over-activatio...

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Main Author: Stuart, Blair Gibb
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Chemistry 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/4551