Interaction of human substantia nigra neuromelanin with lipids and peptides

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1758-1765

  Zecca, Luigi ^c   Costi, Patrizia ^d   Mecacci, Claudio ^d   Ito, Shosuke ^b   Terreni, Mariarosa ^a   Sonnino, Sandro ^d  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Neuromelanin; Parkinson's disease; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; NEUROMELANIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACIDS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MELANINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPEPTIDES; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTONS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SULFUR;

EID: 0034024975     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.0741758.x     Document Type: Article

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