Ca2+-mediated phosphorylation and proteolysis activity associated with the cytoskeletal fraction from cerebral cortex of rats

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1489-1495

  De Freitas, Marta S ^a   De Mattos Dutra, Angela ^a   Wannmacher, Clóvis M D ^a   Pessoa Pureur, Regina ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Cytoskeletal proteins; Phosphorylation; Proteolysis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; CALPAIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN) II; TYLOXAPOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROTUBULE; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOPEPTIDASES; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TUBULIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030459654     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02533096     Document Type: Article

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