Neurofilament protein aggregation in a cell line model system

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 366, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-79

  Hull, Elizabeth ^a   Spoja, Christoffer ^a   Cordova, Matt ^a   Cohlberg, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caspase activation; Neurofilaments; Protein aggregation diseases; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; LEWY BODY; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; DIMERIZATION; MICE; MUSCLE CELLS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

EID: 37549021926     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.11.105     Document Type: Article

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