Cloning, expression, purification, and spectroscopic analysis of the fragment 57-102 of human α-synuclein

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 90-96

  Bisaglia, Marco ^a   Trolio, Alessandra ^a   Tessari, Isabella ^a   Bubacco, Luigi ^a   Mammi, Stefano ^a   Bergantino, Elisabetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Synuclein; Neurodegenerative disorders; NMR analysis; Small recombinant peptides

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; SYNUCLEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMID;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VECTORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLASMIDS; SYNUCLEINS;

EID: 10644229432     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2004.09.018     Document Type: Article

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