Chemicals and Drugs

zeta-Crystallins

A group of crystallins that have been found in the lens (LENS, CRYSTALLINE) of certain species of VERTEBRATES including GUINEA PIGS; CAMELS; and LLAMAS. They are inactivated forms of NAD(P)H DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE).

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A group of crystallins that have been found in the lens (LENS, CRYSTALLINE) of certain species of VERTEBRATES including GUINEA PIGS; CAMELS; and LLAMAS. They are inactivated forms of NAD(P)H DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE).

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  • Crystallins, zeta
  • zeta Crystallin-NADPH Oxidoreductase
  • zeta-Crystallin
  • Crystallin-NADPH Oxidoreductase, zeta
  • Oxidoreductase, zeta Crystallin-NADPH
  • zeta Crystallin
  • zeta Crystallin NADPH Oxidoreductase
  • zeta Crystallins

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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History Note

2003; for ZETA-CRYSTALLIN use CRYSTALLINS 1989-2002; for ZETA-CRYSTALLIN-NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASE use ZETA-CRYSTALLINS (NM) 1997-2002

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  • Crystallins (1987-2002)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. zeta-Crystallins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D038226. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D038226
  2. zeta-Crystallins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21174566