What can Drosophila tell us about serpins, thrombosis and dementia?

BioEssays

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Carrell, Robin ^a   Corral, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN; HEPARIN COFACTOR II; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 3; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DEMENTIA; DROSOPHILA; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MODEL; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRANSGENICS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DEMENTIA; DROSOPHILA; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SERPINS; THROMBOSIS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0346076600     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.10407     Document Type: Review

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