A complementary peptide approach applied to the design of novel semaphorin/neuropilin antagonists

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1180-1190

  Williams, Gareth ^a   Eickholt, Britta J ^a   Maison, Patrick ^a   Prinjha, Rabinder ^b   Walsh, Frank S ^b,c   Doherty, Patrick ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Molecular Discovery Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense homology; Complementary hydropathy; Neuropilin; Regeneration; Semaphorin

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEPRIN; NEUROPILIN; NEUROPILIN 1; NEUROPILIN 2; SEMAPHORIN 3A; SEMAPHORIN 3F; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; EMBRYO; GENOME; GROWTH CONE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BINDING SITES; CHICK EMBRYO; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EMBRYO; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GROWTH CONES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPILINS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEMAPHORIN-3A;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 14844320773     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02950.x     Document Type: Article

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