Mechanisms of cholinesterase inhibition by inorganic mercury

FEBS Journal

Volumn 274, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1849-1861

  Frasco, Manuela F ^a,b   Colletier, Jacques Philippe ^c   Weik, Martin ^c   Carvalho, Félix ^a   Guilhermino, Lúcia ^a,b   Stojan, Jure ^d   Fournier, Didier ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^e INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Cholinesterase; Inhibition; Mercury; Metals

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLINESTERASE; MERCURY; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTROPHORUS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME DENATURATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; KINETICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTROPHORUS ELECTRICUS; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA;

EID: 33947265213     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05732.x     Document Type: Article

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