A radiometric assay for aspartoacylase activity in cultured oligodendrocytes

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 308, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 314-319

  Madhavarao, C N ^a   Hammer, J A ^b   Quarles, R H ^b   Namboodiri, M A A ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canavan disease; Myelin synthesis; NAA; TLC

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY;

BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS; CELL-SPECIFIC EXPRESSION; N-ACETYLASPARTATE; OLIGODENDROCYTES; SENSITIVE METHOD; THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY; TLC SYSTEMS;

CHEMISTRY;

ASPARTOACYLASE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANAVAN DISEASE; CELL CULTURE; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY; RAT; SYNTHESIS; TECHNIQUE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037108846     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-2697(02)00225-7     Document Type: Article

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