Assembly properties of neurofilament light chain Ser55 mutants in transfected mammalian cells

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1306-1311

  Gibb, Barry J M ^a   Robertson, Janice ^a   Miller, Christopher C J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assembly; Head domain; Neurofilament; Phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MOLECULAR PROBES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEUROFIBROMIN 1; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030046672     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66031306.x     Document Type: Article

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