Recombinant core protein fragment of phosphacan, a brain specific chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan, promote excitotoxic cell death of cultured rat hippocampal neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 304, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 169-172

  Kurazono, Sekiko ^a   Okamoto, Motoi ^a   Mori, Shuji ^a   Matsui, Hideki ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Chondroitin sulfate; Core protein; Hippocampus; Neurotoxicity; Phosphacan; Proteoglycan

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHACAN; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELLS, CULTURED; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0035947430     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)01778-5     Document Type: Article

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