The molecular synaptosomal deficit in down syndrome starts early in life

Neuroembryology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 143-146

  Pollak, Daniela ^a   Fountoulakis, Michael ^b   Lubec, Gert ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Proteomics; Septin 3; Synaptotagmin I; Vesicular fusion protein NSF

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; SEPTIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNAPTOSOME; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 4644350260     PISSN: 14248522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079400     Document Type: Article

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