Tetrameric (G4) acetylcholinesterase: Structure, localization, and physiological regulation

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1335-1346

  Fernandez, Hugo L ^a,b   Moreno, Ricardo D ^c   Inestrosa, Nibaldo C ^c  

^a Bay Pines VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Aging; Cellular development; Cholinergic system; Membrane anchors; Trophic regulation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; TETRAMER; ISOENZYME;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029670364     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66041335.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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