for the untreated proteins , the lifetimes of the major decay component of the fluorescence-labeled crystallins were 15.2 , 14.4 , and 13.0 ns , and the quenching rate constant , kq , values were 16.6 x 10 ( 7 ) , 26.9 x 10 ( 7 ) , and 32.7 x 10 ( 7 ) m-1 s-1 for alpha- , beta h- , and gamma-crystallins , respectively .
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crystallins
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gamma-crystallins