Augusteyn R C, Boyd A, Kelly L
Curr Eye Res. 1986 Oct;5(10):759-62. doi: 10.3109/02713688609000017.
It has been shown using ELISA and affinity chromatography, that extracts from heat-shocked Drosophila melanogaster larvae and cultured cells react with monoclonal antibodies raised against bovine alpha-crystallin. It is suggested that this cross-reactivity is associated with the region of the sequence corresponding to residues 98-108 of the bovine alpha A-crystallin chain. This region may be important for the functions of both alpha-crystallin and the heat-shock proteins.
