Human recombinant NACP/α-synuclein is aggregated and fibrillated in vitro: Relevance for lewy body disease

Brain Research

Volumn 799, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 301-306

  Hashimoto, Makoto ^a   Hsu, Leigh J ^a   Sisk, Abbyanne ^a   Xia, Yu ^a   Takeda, Ayako ^a,c   Sundsmo, Mary ^a   Masliah, Eliezer ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Fibrillation; Lewy body; NACP synuclein; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SYNUCLEINS; TEMPERATURE; THIAZOLES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032551656     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00514-9     Document Type: Article

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