Neurofilament tail phosphorylation: Identity of the RT-97 phosphoepitope and regulation in neurons by cross-talk among proline-directed kinases

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-49

  Veeranna, E ^a,b   Lee, Ju Hyun ^a,b   Pareek, Tej K ^c   Jaffee, Howard ^d   Boland, Barry ^a,e   Vinod, K Yaragudri ^a   Amin, Niranjana ^d   Kulkarni, Ashok B ^c   Pant, Harish C ^d   Nixon, Ralph A ^a,b  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cdk5; Cytoskeleton; ERK; GSK3 ; JNK; Neurodegenerative disease

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 5; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 4; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 7; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY RT 97; PROLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE 5; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITOPES; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; LYSINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROLINE-DIRECTED PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

MUS;

EID: 51849134550     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05547.x     Document Type: Article

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