Regional differences in protein carboxymethylation in post-mortem human brain

Clinical Science

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 677-685

  Goggins, Michael ^a,b   Scott, John M ^a   Weir, Donald G ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Protein carboxymethylation; Protein methyltransferase; S adenosylhomocysteine; S adenosylmethionine

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CADAVER; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; TIME OF DEATH; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0031836730     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs0940677     Document Type: Article

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