Anti-ALS activity of alsin, the product of the ALS2 gene, and activity-dependent neurotrophic factor

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 135-138

  Matsuoka, Masaaki ^a   Nishimoto, Ikuo ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activity dependent neurotrophic factor; ALS2; Alsin; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cu Zn superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY DEPENDENT NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ALSIN PROTEIN; CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM ION; GENE PRODUCT; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; RAC1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 33744806962     PISSN: 16602854     EISSN: 16602862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089618     Document Type: Review

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