Superactivation of transglutaminase type 2 without change in enzyme level occurs during progressive neurodegeneration in the mnd mouse mutant

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 185-188

  Holmes, Fiona E ^a   Haynes, Laurence W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; mnd mouse mutant; Motor neuron; Neurodegeneration; Protein cross linking; Transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MUTANT; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030576597     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12855-X     Document Type: Article

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