Expression of melanotransferrin isoforms in human serum: Relevance to Alzheimer's disease

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 374, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 463-471

  Desrosiers, Richard R ^a   Bertrand, Yanick ^a   Nguyen, Quynh Tran ^a   Demeule, Michel ^a   Gabathuler, Reinhard ^b   Kennard, Malcolm L ^b   Gauthier, Serge ^c   Béliveau, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Immunodetection; Immunoglobulin depletion; L235 antibody; Melanotransferrin; P97

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ELECTROPHORESIS; PH EFFECTS;

HUMAN SERUM;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

DIVALENT CATION; EDETIC ACID; ISOPROTEIN; LECTIN; MELANOTRANSFERRIN; PROTEIN G; SEPHAROSE; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISULFIDE BOND; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PEA; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; SALIVA LEVEL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BUFFERS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LECTINS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PLANT LECTINS; PRECIPITATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SALIVARY PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A;

ANIMALIA; ASPARAGUS; PISUM SATIVUM; PSOPHOCARPUS TETRAGONOLOBUS;

EID: 0041829098     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20030240     Document Type: Article

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