Old and new questions about cholinesterases

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 175, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 30-44

  Massoulié, Jean ^a   Perrier, Noël ^a   Noureddine, Hiba ^a   Liang, Dong ^a   Bon, Suzanne ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Cholinesterase; Evolution; Folding; Post translational modifications; Secretion

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN Q; PROTEIN PRIMA; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOCATALYSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHOLINESTERASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 50649089387     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2008.04.039     Document Type: Article

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