Comparative modeling of retinol-binding protein-3 and retinal S-antigen in Eales’ disease and prediction of their binding sites using computational methods

Anshul Tiwari1, Ashish Chandra Trivedi2, Prachi Srivastava2, Aditya B. Pant3, Sandeep Saxena1
1Department of Ophthalmology, CSM Medical University (Erstwhile King George’s Medical University), Lucknow, India
2Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Lucknow Campus, Lucknow, India
3Indian Institute of Toxicological Research, Lucknow, India

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