Novel mitochondrial proteins and decreased intrinsic activity of cytochrome-C oxidase: Characteristics of Swayback disease in sheep

Molecular and Chemical Neuropathology

Volumn 28, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 285-293

  Alleyne, Trevor ^a   Adogwa, Andrew ^a   Lalla, Anthony ^a   Joseph, Jerome ^a   John, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

biphasicity; composition; cytochrome c oxidase activity; cytochrome c oxidase content; mitochondria; protein; Swayback

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER DEFICIENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; IONIC STRENGTH; LAMB; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0029835086     PISSN: 10447393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02815234     Document Type: Conference Paper

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