Heating induces aggregation and decreases detection of serotonin transporter protein on western blots

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Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 875-876

  McLane, Michael W ^a   Hatzidimitriou, George ^a   Yuan, Jie ^a   McCann, Una ^a   Ricaurte, George ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophoresis; MDMA; Serotonin transporter; Thermal aggregation

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; 5,7 DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; DENATURATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; HEATING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; RAT; TEMPERATURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; HEATING; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; PROTEIN DENATURATION; RATS; SEROTONIN AGENTS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 34548283055     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.20438     Document Type: Article

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