The polymorphism of acetylcholinesterase: Post-translational processing, quaternary associations and localization

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 119-120, Issue , 1999, Pages 29-42

  Massoulié, Jean ^a   Anselmet, Alain ^a   Bon, Suzanne ^a   Krejci, Eric ^a   Legay, Claire ^a   Morel, Nathalie ^a   Simon, Stéphanie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Alternative splicing; Anchoring; Collagen; Glycophosphatidylinositol; Molecular forms

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; COLLAGEN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EXON; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRATE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

ELAPIDAE; MAMMALIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033038088     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2797(99)00011-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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