The C2 variant of human serum transferrin retains the iron binding properties of the native protein

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease

Volumn 1741, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 264-270

  Zatta, Paolo ^a   Messori, Luigi ^b   Mauri, Pierluigi ^c   Van Rensburg, Susan J ^d   Van Zyl, Johann ^d   Gabrielli, Silvia ^b   Gabbiani, Chiara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Alzheimer's disease; Circular dichroism; Electrospray mass spectrometry; Iron; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN C1; TRANSFERRIN C2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; EXON; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN VARIANT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 25144489662     PISSN: 09254439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2005.04.009     Document Type: Article

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